<div dir="ltr">We're already preparing for the IGF2017... I found this to be a good way to get the big picture for my topic planning, and you might find it interesting as well: <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Jovan Kurbalija (Diplo) has just published the </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">mid</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">-</span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">year</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> review of digital policy trends, revisiting the predictions made in the beginning of the </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">year</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">, and predicting what we can expect until the end of the </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">year</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">.</span><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br><a href="https://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/ten-major-trends-internet-governance-2017-mid-year-review" target="_blank">https://www.diplomacy.edu/<wbr>blog/ten-major-trends-<wbr>internet-governance-2017-<span class="gmail-il">mid</span>-<wbr><span class="gmail-il">year</span>-review</a><div style="display:inline-block;width:16px;height:16px"></div><br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This might be a good place to reflect on how the trends affect our own country/region, or on the relevance of trends in IG policy that we should keep on our radar?<br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Cheers, Ginger</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div>Virginia Paque</div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">DiploFoundation<br><div><div><p style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><em style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:21px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Upcoming courses: </em><span style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:21px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline"> Master in Contemporary Diplomacy; 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