6.2006 The New Cyber-Conservatism: Goldsmith/Wu and the Premature Triumphalism of the Territorial Nation-State: A review of Goldsmith and Wu’s “Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World”

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 of Goldsmith and Wu’s ‘Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World'” (June, 2006). Internet Governance Project. Paper IGP06-003. Available at https://www.internetgovernance.org/pdf/MM-goldsmithWu.pdf