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Internet Governance in the Middle East and North Africa Author: Michael Kende Author would like to thank Nermine El Saadany for her leadership and Hana Sabbagh and Hanna Kreitem for their support in the region, and Katie Watson Jordan, Konstantinos Komaitis, Andrew Robachevsky and Carl Gahnberg for their work on the Internet Way of Networking project and input on this report. Members of the Internet Society Community in the region also provided input on country characteristics. Introduction The Internet is a ‘network of networks’ made up of tens of thousands of networks that interco...

Internet Way of Networking 9 July 2021 How Working ‘The Internet Way’ Helped the Middle East and North Africa Score Social and Economic Benefits In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), some countries have responded to the challenges of the global pandemic by enacting policy changes, like temporarily lifting VoIP bans so citizens can communicate more easily. It’s giving the region a glimpse of the instant social and economic bene...

Contributor: Robin Wilton The Internet is a critical, global resource that brings incredible benefits, provided it is both accessible and trustworthy. In 2020, the Internet Society identified five critical properties that ‘make the Internet the Internet’. They represent the foundation of the Internet, which we call the Internet Way of Networking (IWN). Without them, the Internet’s benefits of global innovation and opportunity are in jeopardy. The path from critical properties to global benefits involves risk, however, and encryption is a vital tool for protecting ourselves along t...

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As the United Nations turned 75, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the General Assembly by calling for a New Global Deal to ensure that political and economic systems deliver on critical global public goods. “Today, that is simply not happening,” he said. “We have huge gaps in governance structures and ethical frameworks. To close these gaps, we need to ensure that power, wealth and opportunities are broadly and fairly shared.”  At the Internet Society, we couldn’t agree more. But just what will this ‘New Global Deal’ and its govern...