Diplo’s Director of Digital Trade and Economic Security, Marilia Maciel, provided comments and reflections about Dr. Milton Mueller’s latest MIT Press book, Declaring Independence in Cyberspace, during an event jointly organised by Quello Center & the Internet Governance Project (IGP).
The book presents unique insights about the tug of war between globalisation and nation state sovereignty in an increasingly digitised world economy. It unpacks how and why ICANN’s path to independence led to a political battle that still reverberates in current debates over digital governance.
Dr. Milton Mueller was also joined by veteran internet policy analyst Robert Cannon, and by the event moderator, Johannes Bauer, from the Quello Center.
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