No. 163: Internet Governance: Time for an Update?

No. 163: Internet Governance: Time for an Update?

Author(s): Livio Pigoni
Editor(s): Christian Nünlist
Series Editor(s): Christian Nünlist, Matthias Bieri
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 163
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2014

For a long time, the internet represented a global resource transcending national borders. It was the epitome of boundlessness and globalization. But this vision of the internet was shaken to its core by the Snowden Affair in 2013. In the current struggle to reshape internet governance, Switzerland is positioning itself as an important, mediating actor.

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Enlarged view:
Coalitions, Organizations, Conferences and Headquarters of Internet Governance, 2014
Enlarged view:
Internet Freedom, 2013
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