Emerging technologies and the Internet infrastructure that enables them sit at the heart of the asymmetric competition between democracies and authoritarians. In order to compete effectively, democracies need to advance affirmative strategies and a positive, democratic vision for emerging technologies and the Internet of the future: The Good Web. ASD has partnered with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), Demos, and Arena at Johns Hopkins University on the Good Web Project, an initiative that seeks to articulate a vision for an Internet compatible with liberal democracy.
The Good Web: Tensions in Democratic Responses to Authoritarian Technology Threats
In April 2021, ASD held a security and geopolitics workshop as part of the Good Web project entitled “Tensions: Authoritarian Internet Threats and Democratic Responses,” in which participants debated the merits of different responses democracies hav [...]
The Good Web: Is There an Authoritarian Model for the Internet?
What Countries Buy Into When They Buy Authoritarian Technologies In February 2021, ASD held a security and geopolitics workshop as part of the Good Web project entitled “Authoritarian Models, Practices, and Threats,” in which participants discussed [...]
The Good Web: Democratic Values, Practices, and Procedures
In December 2020, ASD held a security and geopolitics workshop as part of the Good Web project entitled “Democratic Values and the Internet.” Participants included experts in cyber policy, cybersecurity, foreign policy, law, human rights, and intern [...]