[governance] Re: Syria

Sun Oct 9 21:52:39 EDT 2011

I discovered an interesting Blog by a Professor who specialises in Middle
East Studies on the failed Resolution:

http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/?p=12401&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Syriacomment+%28Syria+Comment%29

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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