The Internet and the Flaws of Multistakeholderism
The Internet Governance debate opposes multilateral thinking, favoring the role of State and interstate bodies, with a multistakeholder model, which aims to unite all concerned actors: states, business, experts, academics and internet groups, among others.
It is a debate on the nature of power, extending across multiple meetings and international summits. Civil society remains highly divided, however, and leads one to consider the notion of global governance of global Internet.
Article published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 79, No. 4, Winter 2014