There is a struggle over governance of the global information network among national governments and international organizations, corporations and NGOs, elites and civil society. The outcome will determine how we communicate, the extent of our civil liberties and human rights, the profitability of e commerce, and the richness of cultural expression. This collection looks at the processes by which the global information policy regime is being formed themselves in conflict as a foundation for understanding its emergent features. DERRICK L. COGBURN Assistant Professor of Information and African Studies at the University of Michigan School of Information and the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, USA MARIE-HELENE FANDEL Has worked for several multilateral organizations, most recently at the World Bank D. LINDA GARCIA Professor and Director of the Communication, Culture & Technology Program at Georgetown University, USA DOROTHEE HEISENBERG Assistant Professor in European Studies at Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, USA BRIAN KAHIN Visiting Professor II at the School of Information, Ford School of Public Policy, and Department of Communication Studies of the University of Michigan, USA HANS KLEIN Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA MILTON MUELLER Associate Professor at Syracuse University, Director of Telecommunications and Information Management, and Director of the Convergence Center. J.P. SINGH Assistant Professor in the Communication, Culture and Technology program at Georgetown University, USA DALE THOMPSON Doctoral student in the Telecommunications and Information management program of Syracuse University. JONATHAN ZITTRAIN Co-Director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, USA