Cyberspace, the New Frontier — and the Same Old Multilateralism

  • Panayotis A. Yannakogeorgos
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Abstract

The term “cyberspace” still elicits a sense of fundamental departure from business as usual. Depicted in the popular press as being a metaphor for a medium without geographic boundaries, the dynamic new applications using computer networking technology are the epitome of a global project that, although barely visible, has an extensive geography consisting of terrestrial, maritime, outer space, and electromagnetic elements.3 The processes of negotiation and bargaining, as well as the endemic politics of cyberspace, are surprisingly familiar.

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Information Society World Politics Domain Name System Global Civil Society World Summit 
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