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February 21, 2017

Digital Policy
Maintaining U.S. Leadership on Internet Governance

After almost two decades of overseeing the internet naming and addressing system, the U.S. government transferred the responsibility to a coalition of industry, civil society, and government stakehol…

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October 22, 2014

Digital Policy
The ITU and Unbundling Internet Governance

At this month's Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Busan, South Korea, India will argue that the ITU has a role to play in Internet governance: first, b…

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February 13, 2023

Public Health Threats and Pandemics
The Global Governance of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases

Zoonotic diseases, naturally transmissible between humans and animals, have posed a growing public health threat for decades. However, existing institutional arrangements have fallen short. The wide-…

Officers spray disinfectant on a cattle farm that has been infected with foot and mouth disease in Indonesia.

October 22, 2014

Digital Policy
Internet Governance and the ITU: Maintaining the Multistakeholder Approach

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is often considered an obscure technical organization, dealing with radio spectrum, satellite orbits, and telecommunications, that is not worthy of sus…

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May 4, 2021

Technology and Innovation
Open Access Fiber to Improve U.S. Internet Connectivity

To avoid falling behind the rest of the world on internet speed and access, the United States should rapidly deploy fiber-optic internet nationwide. 

Close-up of Joe Biden in a blue suit and blue tie, speaking and gesturing with his right hand, in front of several U.S. flags