[governance] Re: Syria

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

More interesting developments in Syria as countries are warned by the Syrian
Government:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/world/middleeast/syria-warns-countries-not-to-recognize-opposition.html?_r=2&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 11:49 PM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:

> 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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