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May 19, 2015
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Internet pioneer Vint Cerf (second from the left above), speaking at an event co-sponsored by the Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG), issued a warning against fragmentation of the system – as reported in the Wall Street Journal. Cerf was among top Internet thinkers and policy makers (including Merit E. Janow, Columbia; Lawrence Strickling, US Department of Commerce; and Laura DeNardis, GCIG, pictured above) meeting last week in New York for the Conference on Internet Governance & Cyber-security. Members of the Global Commission spoke on issues and opportunities at the forefront of the Internet governance debate.
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Silos and diverging systems of policy development are complicating efforts to resolve key Internet governance policy issues. In a new CIGI paper, “Solving the International Internet Policy Coordination Problem,” Nick Ashton-Hart argues that the Internet policy environment needs a central organizing committee to help streamline and encourage policy innovation.
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On Governance, a new volume edited by CIGI Senior Fellow Robert I. Rotberg, unpacks the complex global dimensions of governance, and demonstrates how strengthened, innovative, national and global governance enables positive outcomes for people everywhere.
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During the annual general meeting of Council of Councils (CoC) – a group of 23 global policy think tanks that includes CIGI – the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) launched the CoC’s Report Card on International Cooperation. It includes commentary from key voices from foreign policy institutes around the world, including CIGI President Rohinton Medhora, on the state of international cooperation.
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Margaret Skok joins CIGI’s Global Security & Politics program as a Senior Fellow and will focus on Central Asia, exploring the major security challenges, as well as the governance and institutional architecture of the region. Prior to joining CIGI, Skok held positions with several departments and agencies within the Canadian public service.
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GCIG Paper No. 13 by Pablo Bello and Juan Jung
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The debate over net neutrality has been gaining momentum, generating dichotomous positions among different sectors. As a contribution to the debate, this paper separates the unquestionable principles — such as the need to preserve the Internet as a space that is open to innovation, and the freedom of users to access content and services — from the dogmas and beliefs that are put forward in the name of neutrality, but which affect the sustainable development of the digital ecosystem. Meeting certain basic principles in favour of competition and against arbitrary discrimination would create the conditions for fostering the development of the digital ecosystem, the paper states.
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CIGI Paper No. 67 by Alex He
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This paper reviews the literature on the concept of an international currency and its economic and political determinants, as well as China’s motivation for renminbi (RMB) internationalization by both Chinese and foreign scholars. The paper concentrates on the political economy explanation of the road map of RMB internationalization the Chinese government currently pursues, and it concludes on how best to deepen reforms and draw on China’s political economy expertise and ability.
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Fixing Climate Governance Policy Brief No. 2 by Kai Monheim
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Commentary by the Right Honourable Paul Martin
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Michael Bell
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Former Canadian Ambassador to Jordan, Egypt and Israel, and former High Commissioner to Cyprus Michael Bell draws on sixteen years of work in the Middle East to discuss the traditions that contribute to the dysfunction of Middle East polities, at this upcoming CIGI Signature Lecture and webcast.
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Taking place from May 14 to 15, 2015, the Conference on Internet Governance and Cyber-Security brought together over 40 thought leaders including Global Commission on Internet Governance Commissioners and affiliated researchers; leading Columbia University faculty from SIPA, business, law, engineering, journalism; influential US and international policy makers, entrepreneurs, legal experts, technologists, and corporate executives from around the world.
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Chris Ragan (@ctsragan)
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In his CIGI Signature Lecture, Chris Ragan discusses a new middle-ground approach to climate policy that addresses two critical questions: What is the most cost-effective way to achieve greenhouse gas reductions that aligns with economic prosperity? And, what is the most pragmatic way to achieve those reductions in the context of our highly diverse Canadian federation?
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Johan Rockström (@jrockstrom)
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In this episode, sustainability expert Johan Rockström visits the podcast studio to discuss his latest book Big World, Small Planet: Abundance Within Planetary Boundaries. In addition to discussing the planetary shift into the Anthropocene epoch, the conversation considers resilience theory, tipping points, and the need to create a new global paradigm that works within planetary boundaries.
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Rohinton Medhora (@RohintonMedhora), Ussal Sahbaz (@ussal) and the Right Honourable Paul Martin
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The Think 20 (T20) concluded its meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada held May 3-5 with a press conference outlining its intended role moving forward, and key recommendations for the G20 Turkish Presidency for 2015.
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