2. How the internet shapes diplomacy
1) Transforming internal operations
2) New opportunities for external engagement
1) New policy agendas
– Internet freedom
– National security
– Privacy
– Internet governance
15. The Internet and Global Affairs
The Iron Bridge
Shropshire, England, 1779
The Clifton Suspension Bridge
Bristol, England, 1832
Editor's Notes
Here is what a crowd-sourcing exercise looks like
A useful metaphor
Thanks to the industrial revolution, England was able to start building bridges out of iron
At first they applied this new technology in old ways, using techniques of carpentry to build the first iron bridge in 1779
Over time they learned to work with the natural properties of iron to build far bigger, more stable bridges than was ever possible before
By the 1830s, they were building the Clifton Suspension Bridge
Think of the internet as iron: this new technology lends itself to very different kinds of social and political structures.
Let’s work with the natural properties of this new tech to build the Clifton Suspension Bridges of 21st century global affairs.
We can build that future here, at the Munk School