[governance] Re: Syria

[William Drake]

Hi Andrea

On Oct 9, 2011, at 1:04 PM, Andrea Glorioso wrote:

> Bill,
> 
> but doesn't this kind of horse trading already take place anyway, now
> that the Internet is seen as a strategic component of geopolitical
> strategies by the "heavy weights" (and increasingly, by mid- and light
> weights, too)?

Not sure, I guess it would depend how we specify what we're talking about.  Can you give me examples of governments engaging in geopolitical horse trading across distinct issue-areas in ways that have impacted global IG, like votes on sanctions or agricultural trade or whatever being traded for votes on Internet names, numbers, standards, etc?  And whether or not we can identify some, the next question is, would centralizing global IG under a UN intergovernmental body increase the propensity to engage in this, reduce it, or have no impact either way?  I believe it would increase it significantly, but would be interested in hearing the counter-argument.

Cheers,

Bill 

> 
> 
> On 10/9/11, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
>> On Oct 9, 2011, at 3:40 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
>> 
>>> Also see the abstentions when reading the failed resolution and it is the
>>> message that it sends which is far more pronounced and profound.
>> 
>> including Brazil, India, and South Africa, which also opposed UN sanctions
>> on Iran's "peaceful nuclear program" when the government there was busy
>> hunting down and executing protesters.  But want a new UN body to develop
>> global Internet policies and "integrate and oversee the bodies responsible
>> for technical and operational functioning of the Internet, including global
>> standards setting."  Then we can have intergovernmental horse trading over
>> all aspects of global IG with Russia, China, et al linking voting deals on
>> issues like their proposed code of conduct for acceptable Internet speech,
>> TLDs, address assignments, standards, etc. to deals on sanctions and other
>> geopolitical items.  That should help ensure a stable and open Internet…
>> 
>> Bill
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