Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 04/2015

ICANN: Bridging the Trust Gap

Emily Taylor

April 2015

Centre for International Governance Innovation

Abstract

This paper addresses the proposed transfer of IANA oversight away from the US government, explores how the technical architecture of critical Internet resources has certain governance implications, and introduces ICANN and its relationship with the US government through the IANA function and the Affirmation of Commitments.