IGP Partner Jeanette Hoffman was selected to serve on the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), which will assist the Secretary-General's Special Adviser Nitin Desai in convening the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a new forum for a multi-stakeholder dialogue on Internet governance. The Advisory Group will meet on 22 and 23 May...
[Abstract] Author: Milton MuellerMilton Mueller assails the "premature triumphalism of the territorial nation state" evident in the book and claims, "If the internet was a revolutionary force...this book risks being a manifesto for counterrevolution."Suggested citation: Milton Mueller, "The New Cyber-Conservatism: Goldsmith/Wu and the Premature Triumphalism of the Territorial Nation-State: A review...
[Abstract] Author: John MathiasonInternational policy discussions are heavily dependent on the substantive preparatory activities of a Secretariat. IGP has prepared a paper outlining a new way for the Internet Governance Forum to meet the need for a substantive Secretariat. It proposes to create a "distributed Secretariat" wherein the Forum delegates...
