An Official Pre-Summit Event of the AI Impact Summit 2026 As artificial intelligence reshapes economies worldwide, critical questions emerge: Who benefits from AI development? How do export controls and geopolitical barriers affect global collaboration? What balance can we strike between innovation and creators' rights? The Internet Governance Project at Georgia...
In July 2025, the President signed the GENIUS Act into law, delivering the long-sought legal clarity for the stablecoin market. Under GENIUS, issuers can now acquire federal or state licenses to operate as primary issuers of dollar stablecoins, based on their size. To qualify, they must: Maintain full reserves against...
The dominance of the US dollar has been increasingly contested in recent times. Rising US debt levels, coordinated de-dollarization efforts among BRICS economies, and the rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) and cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin raise questions about dollar hegemony in the digital age. A recent event hosted...
On Thursday, September 11, IGP will host a webinar with Patrick McGee, the author of “Apple in China.” This well-researched book tells the story of Apple’s symbiotic relationship with manufacturing companies in China - how it evolved, what it accomplished, and what currently threatens it. McGee is a business journalist...
What? A moderated webinar on Dr. Milton Mueller’s new book When? Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 10-11 AM ET Where? On Zoom https://tinyurl.com/yh9m8wh8 On three separate occasions this year, I heard the phrase “Who reads books anymore?” The deluge of LLM content has certainly disrupted the information space. That transformation makes...
How does the digitization of money intersect with financial governance? This is an issue IGP has been working on since 2021. On August 7, two webinars hosted by the Institute for Humane Studies will bring our work directly into the policy discussion. A white paper released by the Internet Governance...
What is the role of the state in the governance of global cyberspace? For the past 25 years, that problem has led to conflict, negotiation and governance innovations. A new book by Milton Mueller now covers a critical part of that story: the end of the U.S. government's control of...
On April 4, 2025 the Internet Governance Project (IGP) in collaboration with the Quello Center will gather scholars of differing views to debate what digital sovereignty means, how it is being used as a label, and whether the various interpretations of the term are compatible with the foundational values of...
IGP is proud to release “Interconnection and Rivalry in Global Monetary Networks”, a comprehensive analysis of the evolving landscape of monetary competition. At a recent House Financial Services Committee hearing titled “A Golden Age of Digital Assets: Charting a Path Forward,” lawmakers once again emphasized the need for a unified...
IGP is thrilled to announce its workshop (WS 257) at the 2024 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh: Emerging Norms for Digital Public Infrastructure: Tensions Between Globalization & Protectionism. Scheduled for December 17, Time: 9:30 am (local Riyadh time) 12 noon (Indian Standard Time). This session organized by IGP's Regional Director Jyoti...
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.”
