Wall Street Journal on ICANN

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

I agree with this analysis.

avri


On 08-Sep-14 18:22, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>> I can't see why govt would do this.  Think about the current
>> vin/wine impasse, or discussions GAC's had about any number of new
>> TLDs.  Simple majority or even super would reduce their individual
>> influence.  No?
>> 
>> Adam
> 
> It drepends on the political situation. A motivated, disciplined
> faction of governments could rationally calculate that
> 
> a) we have a majority of votes 

b) we are likely to retain a majority
> for some time 

c) we share common interests (or enemies) across a
> number of IG issues
> 
> ...and conclude, let's make this thing run on majority of govts, and
> we will have control of it. This kind of thing does happen in the
> UNGA, does it not? I am not saying this is imminent in the GAC/IG
> world, but it does not seem entirely implausible.
> 
> Milton L Mueller Laura J and L. Douglas Meredith Professor Syracuse
> University School of Information Studies 
> http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/
> 
>