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Cyber vs Technopolitique: Which Should You Read?
Two cybersecurity books on Strategy, compared honestly: who each is for, what each does best, and which to read first.
A strategic analysis of cyber conflict as permanent, sub-threshold warfare — and what France and Europe should do about it — by a former senior French strategist and a consultant.
A sharp, current essay on how digital technology, AI and platform power have turned citizens into actors in a permanent informational and geopolitical conflict, by a prominent French tech-politics scholar.
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Key takeaways
- One of the most substantive French strategy books on cyber as permanent conflict.
- Gergorin is a former head of policy planning at the Quai d'Orsay — the statecraft is first-hand.
- Policy- and doctrine-focused, with concrete recommendations for France and Europe.
- A very current (2024) French framing of technology as a domain of permanent geopolitical and informational conflict.
- Mhalla is a widely-followed voice on tech politics — the argument is sharp and contemporary.
- Big-picture and political: read for the framing of AI/platform power, not for technique.
How they compare
Cyber and Technopolitique are both rated 4/5 in our catalog. Pick by topic preference and reading style rather than by rating.
Both books target intermediate-level readers, so the choice is about topic, not difficulty.
Cyber and Technopolitique both cover Strategy, Geopolitics, so reading them in sequence reinforces the same material from different angles.