Digital governance, diplomacy, and law
Examine how rules, norms, and international law shape the behavior of states and non-state actors in cyberspace. This category explores the legal and diplomatic frameworks that govern cyber operations, as well as the evolution of a unique internet governance architecture and the challenges posed by global digital platforms used by billions of people every day.
You’ll learn how states negotiate, enforce, and challenge these rules in practice – and navigate a landscape where they are by far from the default locus for digital power and capacity-building is an imperfect response to a growing digital divide. It’s perfect for those interested in how global governance is evolving in response to digital transformation.
Cyber capacity building
International law
Internet and platform governanceCyber capacity building
This topic explains how cyber capacity building has developed at the UN and in regional fora, and assesses the challenges posed by competing geopolitical alliances, on top of disagreements about cost and effectiveness.
International law
This topic explains how international law applies in and to cyberspace, using real examples of cyber operations and state positions to explore the importance – and limits – of law in this domain.
Internet and platform governance
This topic unpacks the architecture of internet and platform governance, from undersea cables to different protocol and infrastructure layers and the extraordinary power of modern digital platforms.