Tech at the Leading Edge
Sep 29, 2022
The ITU election pitted the United States and Russia against each other for the future of the internet
By
Konstantinos Komaitis and Justin Sherman
Earlier this morning, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) elected American candidate Doreen Bogdan-Martin as the agency's Secretary-General. Even with her election, the future role of the ITU in internet governance remains uncertain, and the organization will face challenges in the future debate over respecting extant internet processes while trying to drive genuine progress—and Beijing and Moscow will certainly not sit on the sidelines.