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The Internet once held out the promise of a global unfettered medium of communication through which citizens worldwide could share and access freely, forming the basis for a nascent (virtual) public sphere. Today, that promise is truly more distant than ever. States and non-states actors are increasingly engaged in geopolitical contests over information on the Internet that in turn is limiting access to information, freedom of speech, and privacy online. The aim of this paper is to begin to map to map the geopolitics of Internet control. Drawing from geopolitical theories of international relations, we develop an analytical framework to apply to the material properties of Internet spaces to understand how major connecting nodes -- like routers, Internet exchange points, and autonomous systems -- and new forms of strategic doctrine - such as the use of computer network attacks and psychological operations -- are combing as part of Internet militarization processes. We conclude by assessing the prospects and possible components of Internet arms control as a way to protect the Internet as a forum for global civic communications. |
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Name: International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention URL: http://www.isanet.org
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| Deibert, Ronald. and Rohozinski, Rafael. "The Geopolitics of Internet Control" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention, Hilton Chicago, CHICAGO, IL, USA, Feb 28, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p180001_index.html> |
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| Deibert, R. J. and Rohozinski, R. , 2007-02-28 "The Geopolitics of Internet Control" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention, Hilton Chicago, CHICAGO, IL, USA Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p180001_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: The Internet once held out the promise of a global unfettered medium of communication through which citizens worldwide could share and access freely, forming the basis for a nascent (virtual) public sphere. Today, that promise is truly more distant than ever. States and non-states actors are increasingly engaged in geopolitical contests over information on the Internet that in turn is limiting access to information, freedom of speech, and privacy online. The aim of this paper is to begin to map to map the geopolitics of Internet control. Drawing from geopolitical theories of international relations, we develop an analytical framework to apply to the material properties of Internet spaces to understand how major connecting nodes -- like routers, Internet exchange points, and autonomous systems -- and new forms of strategic doctrine - such as the use of computer network attacks and psychological operations -- are combing as part of Internet militarization processes. We conclude by assessing the prospects and possible components of Internet arms control as a way to protect the Internet as a forum for global civic communications. |
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| Draft dated: 2/15/07 NOT FOR CIRCULATION OR CITATION 1 Forthcoming: in Deibert Palfrey Rohozinski Zittrain (eds.) Access Denied (MIT Press: 2007) Good for Liberty Bad for Security? Global Civil Society and the Securitization of the Internet Ronald J. Deibert Rafal Rohozinski Introduction The spectacular rise and spread of NGOs and other civil society actors over the last two decades is attributable in part to the emergence and rapid spread of the Internet which has made networking among like-minded individuals |
| 38 Forthcoming: in Deibert Palfrey Rohozinski Zittrain (eds.) Access Denied (MIT Press: 2007) publish information that expose and occasionally even undermine these measures. For the foreseeable future then we believe the Internet will have no “natural” tendency; it will be a media environment that morphs in continuous tension creating new forms of agency that in turn produce effects that shape the Internet itself. Given the multi-layered complexity of this environment it seems apparent that no one agent will be |
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