Introduction

This chapter focuses on the key political positions that exist for the future of cyberspace, Cyber Sovereignty, and the Free Internet Coalition as it is labelled by Klimburg. These two positions form the geopolitical fault line in cyberspace that will prove the key determinant to its future. Great uncertainty persists about diplomatic progress in cyberspace following the failure of the UN’s Group of Government Experts to reach agreement or progress in 2017, with equally strong concern about the seemingly growing appeal among nations of the logic that lies behind Cyber Sovereignty. Once the technology of cyberspace is understood, attention can then turn to matters involving the governance of cyberspace, introducing the intriguing array of bodies and acronyms that comprise the multi-stakeholder approach that is responsible for holding cyberspace together to date. The interconnectedness and openness that the Internet, digital networks, and devices allow have also made securing our cyber landscape a task of unparalleled difficulty.