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...
The United Nations is building a new platform for the discussion of global Internet policy. Public consultations on this new "Internet Governance Forum" will be held in Geneva February 16-17. IGP releases a new discussion paper explaining how the Forum could work. The paper proposes three design criteria for the...
WSIS seems to be foundering on the issue of "political oversight" of the Internet. IGP issues a new paper that clarifies the issues and provides concrete proposals for moving forward. We explain why WSIS must separate discussion of the role of governments in setting policy for all Internet issues from...
Declaring Independence in Cyberspace tells the story of the struggle between governments and the global Internet community over control of the Internet registries (IANA). It offers new insights into a pressing question with profound implications: is state sovereignty the immutable foundation of global governance, or can new technological capabilities change the model?
“This is a book that needed to be written, and no one is better placed to write it than Milton Mueller. This full, rigorous account provides researchers and policymakers with a precious resource on global internet governance.”
