The United States and the ITU: Holding the Multistakeholder Line
The Plenipotentiary of the United Nation’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) began this week, and it is likely to be what the Washington Post calls, “the latest battle over who should run...
View ArticleInternet Governance after Busan
The Plenipotentiary of the United Nation’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) ended last week, and the general consensus seems to be that biggest loser may be the rhetoric of the United...
View ArticleLive Now: Internet Governance After Busan
The Council on Foreign Relations is holding a half-day, multisession symposium to bring together leading policymakers and experts for analysis of the Internet governance landscape and to discuss new...
View ArticleHow Long Will the Good Feelings Last in Internet Governance Discussions?
What a difference two years make. In 2012, the World Conference on Information Technology meeting ended with a high degree of acrimony, with the United States and fifty-four others refusing to sign new...
View ArticleA Red Cross for Cyberspace Is a Novel Idea, but Would it Work?
Alex Grigsby is the assistant director for the Digital and Cyberspace Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Tim Maurer and Duncan Hollis from the New America Foundation published a piece...
View ArticleThe Push to Have Digital Technologies Included in the Sustainable Development...
This year marks an historic turning point for development policy. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) end their fifteen-year run as the centerpiece of global development activities, and...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s Difficult Path as a Middle Power in International Cyber Politics
Last month, I gave lectures on cybersecurity in South Korea shortly after Secretary of State John Kerry delivered remarks in Seoul on “An Open and Secure Internet.” This experience provided an...
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