Welcome! This site is intended for exchanging ideas on the topic of information technologies and their role in global politics. It is part of an online module in the M.A. International Relations Online Program at the Free University of Berlin.
The central theme of the module concerns the nature of global governance in a networked information environment. We will begin by discussing neorealists and neoliberals' perspectives on the role of the media and information technologies in international relations. We will then define collective action and identify global efforts of such action in the form of transnational advocacy networks and the role of epistemic networks. We will conclude our module exploring the idea that the rise of global information flows has created a new system of governance, one that is parallel to the state system.
