Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 05/2011

Cyberspace Governance: The Next Step

Adam Segal

March 2011

Council on Foreign Relations

Abstract

Increased receptivity to international negotiations reflects a growing sense that domestic efforts to secure cyberspace are inadequate and that the United States has hurt itself by sitting on the sidelines. In this Policy Innovation Memorandum, CFR Senior Fellow Adam Segal writes that by focusing on some of the norms of interstate cyberconflict, and on thresholds and legitimate targets in particular, the United States will be better able to begin shaping international cyberspace governance.