From Territorial to Digital Heartland – Reconceptualizing Geopolitical Analysis in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Cover Image

От териториален към дигитален хартленд – изкуственият интелект като предизвикателство пред съвременния геополитически анализ
From Territorial to Digital Heartland – Reconceptualizing Geopolitical Analysis in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Author(s): Аngelina Markovska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense
Published by: Национален военен университет „Васил Левски“
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; digital Heartland; geopolitical analysis; technological competition; AI sovereignty

Summary/Abstract: The paper conceptualizes artificial intelligence as a structural driver of global transformation, wherein control over data and computational infrastructures displaces the classical territorial paradigm of power. Through an analysis of the strategic competition among the United States, China, and Russia, it advances the argument for the emergence of a “digital heartland” and underscores the need to reconceptualize the analytical framework of contemporary geopolitics.

  • Issue Year: 2026
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 24-40
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Bulgarian
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