ASSESSMENTS

Russia and China Want More Control Over the Internet

Aug 14, 2015 | 09:15 GMT

Chinese youngsters play online games overnight at an Internet cafe in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

(CANCAN CHU/Getty Images)

Forecast Bullets

Russia and China will maintain a unified front to challenge the West's conception of the Internet.
Efforts to fundamentally alter Internet governance are likely to fail, but Moscow and Beijing will be able to extend government control on their respective domestic Internet realms.
Economic conditions will force Moscow and Beijing to maintain aggressive domestic network security policies.

The status quo of the Internet, and particularly the prominence of U.S. and other Western stakeholders, is an obstacle to Russia and China's desired change in Internet governance, but the countries' common network security policies will be able to hold some sway over future global Internet policies....

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