<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br>Dear Milton, </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Thanks for sharing. I was really excited to hear the idea, which I believe will open new sights to the future of Internet society and Internet architecture. </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">One of the main feature of globalization is the acceptance of diversity, as it is addressed by MS model in IGF discussions. So I think that Michael's and Mawaki's notes which point out obstacles for this idea, namely, the <b>power</b>, may lead us to a complementary idea, probably the formation of various and diverse cyber colonies or cyber civilizations( let me name them CCs!) ,who will be in <b>dealing</b> with each other; trying to be balanced and enriching their common capabilities; for instance by establishing their own cyber laws and cyber security systems, etc. </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Empowered CCs with common interests and common concerns, who desire to dominate their own Internet environment, based on to their culture, profession, religion, etc, and despite of their geographical location and nationalities may be the solution for the future of Cyberspace independency respecting the diversity. </div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Any way, I believe you have started the brainstorm very well, and there are long way to reach an executable recipe. </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Too many dreamers should be joined for this ;)</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Best regards</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Mehrzad </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> <br>Sent from my iPad</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br>On Sep 6, 2014, at 1:33 AM, Milton L Mueller <<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As you probably know by now, both Burcu Kilic and I were accepted as closing ceremony speakers.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The text of my speech, which went over well, can be seen here:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.internetgovernance.org/2014/09/05/internet-nation/">http://www.internetgovernance.org/2014/09/05/internet-nation/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks again to the CSCG for nominating us both. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Milton L Mueller<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Syracuse University School of Information Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/">http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Internet Governance Project<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://internetgovernance.org">http://internetgovernance.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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