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Authoritarian Diffusion and Cooperation within International Organisations: Legal Harmonisation of Internet Sovereignty Policies within the Countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
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Freie Universität Berlin, Osteuropa-Institut Abt. Politik
Abstract This paper explores the concept of "internet sovereignty" as developed and endorsed by the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). First, the concept is shown to have developed as a synthesis between the restrictive Chinese internet governance model based on the "Golden Shield"... view more
This paper explores the concept of "internet sovereignty" as developed and endorsed by the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). First, the concept is shown to have developed as a synthesis between the restrictive Chinese internet governance model based on the "Golden Shield" and Russian conceptions of national "information spheres". Research then shows how this "sovereignty" model serves to legitimise refocusing internet governance around the state, allowing for stricter controls on internet access, content, data, and infrastructure in authoritarian contexts. Using causal process tracing, this paper shows that the SCO supports the transfer of digital policy between members based on this normative "sovereignty" model, the alignment of states with the legalised form of this model in institutional documentation, and the transfer of the legitimising "Three Evils" narrative frame. This shows that regional organisations can provide a significant platform for authoritarian learning, which, when successful, helped the regimes of the SCO to find policies to expand and stabilise their control over the digital realm.... view less
Keywords
Internet; sovereignty; authoritarianism; standard; international cooperation; China; Russia; digital media
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Interactive, electronic Media
Free Keywords
digital authoritarianism; norm diffusion; authoritarian learning
Document language
English
Publication Year
20224
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
125 p.
Series
Arbeitspapiere des Osteuropa-Instituts der Freien Universität Berlin, Arbeitsschwerpunkt Politik, 94
ISSN
1434-419X
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications