Resilient Mechanism Design Foundations for Governance of Cyberspace: Exploration in Theory, Strategy, and Policy

15 Pages Posted: 30 Aug 2013 Last revised: 19 Sep 2013

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Silvio Micali

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)

Nazli Choucri

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Political Science

Jing Chen

State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook

Cindy Williams

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Date Written: September 2013

Abstract

Three related trends in world politics – shifting in power relations, increased diversity of actors and entities, and the growing mobilization and politicization of global constituencies are contributing to a global “tussle” which threatens to erupt in a full-fledged international confrontation. Such contests may well reinforce the potentially powerful cleavages, such as those that became evident before, during, and after the World Conference on Information Technology, WCIT-2012. If present trends continue, it is unlikely that WCIT-2013 will reduce the cleavages and resolve the contentions.

Keywords: cyberspace, governance, resilient mechanism design, Game theory, WCIT-12

Suggested Citation

Micali, Silvio and Choucri, Nazli and Chen, Jing and Williams, Cindy, Resilient Mechanism Design Foundations for Governance of Cyberspace: Exploration in Theory, Strategy, and Policy (September 2013). MIT Political Science Department Research Paper No. 2013-30, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2317524 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2317524

Silvio Micali (Contact Author)

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Jing Chen

State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook ( email )

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Cindy Williams

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