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1 J. Cyber Pol'y 1 (2016)

handle is hein.journals/jnlocybrpy1 and id is 1 raw text is: JOURNAL OF CYBER POLICY, 2016 VOL. 1, NO. 1, 1-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23738871.2016.1168605 Taylor & Francis Group EDITORIAL Introduction from the Editor I predict the internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically col- lapse. (Robert Metcalfe, 1995) In 1995, news of the internet's death was greatly exaggerated. A huge upswing in personal com- puter capacity, emails and the uptake of personal devices in society from the mid-1990s signalled that small, personal and - eventually - mobile was the way forward for computing. At the same time, CERN decided to open source the World Wide Web protocols, leading to rapid adoption. Whether by accident or by design, the internet and cyber technologies flourished, but these out- comes were not obvious or inevitable. When Metcalfe made his prediction, fewer than 1% of Eur- opeans were online; today, it is nearly 80%. It should not surprise us that, with such rapid growth in cyber technologies and connectivity, we are barely beginning to understand how to govern this new order and manage the policy issues in ways that both empower and protect us. Chatham House and Routledge, Taylor & Francis' new Journal of Cyber Policy, launched with this first issue, will provide a valuable resource to decision-makers in the public and private sectors, who are grappling with the intersecting policy challenges that the internet and the digital age bring to the surface. It provides a unique space in peer-reviewed Journals through its diversity in authorship, subject matter and stakeholder balance. While the internet has become enmeshed into the daily lives of more than three billion users, it is also vulnerable, teetering on the brink of fragmentation through loss of trust or through loss of openness. Any of these factors could threaten its long-term survival. Our increased dependency on cyber technologies - the network of networks (i.e. the internet), each of which has the capacity to change in unpredictable ways - means that the policy issues are growing in scope and urgency. The Journal of Cyber Policy is named for the intersection of all that is created by computing, digital technology and online connection, and the decisions that govern cyberspace. The Journal will endeavour to address these issues by consistently drawing upon a geographically and culturally diverse set of contributors, supported by its internationally renowned Editorial Board. Our first and second issues will bring together authors from five continents. All of humanity's qualities and flaws are present in the online environment. Understanding the policy impact requires a cross-disciplinary approach and is not the exclusive preserve of politicians, governments, academics, activists or indeed any single group. To reflect the role that all stakeholders play in developing internet policy, the Journal carries policy, practitioner and technical papers. What's in the Journal's first issue? Policy papers Prof. John Naughton of Wolfson College, Cambridge provides an overview of the internet's evolution from a military and academic research network, through its early commercialisation, to today's landscape characterised by corporate power, mobile access and fears of pervasive © 2016 Chatham House

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