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From vulnerability to resilience: Addressing key gaps in the Caribbean region’s critical internet infrastructure

Posted by Michele Marius | 26 Sep 2025 | ICT/Tech

The Caribbean region’s digital future hinges on its ability to confront significant challenges in the policy and governance of critical internet infrastructure. This article discusses key governance and regulation issues that have been hindering the resilience of countries’ critical internet infrastructure, and makes recommendations on how the identified issues can be addressed.

ICTP 364: Evolving internet governance for an inclusive digital future, with Nigel Cassimire of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union

Posted by Michele Marius | 13 Aug 2025 | Podcast Episodes

Nigel Cassimire, the Deputy Secretary General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union and Coordinator of the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF), joins us once again to provide an update on the Internet Governance space and the 21st staging of the CIGF, which will be held from 20—22 August 2024 in Varadero, Cuba. During our conversation, we discussed: how Internet Governance and the conversations on IG have been evolving; the most prominent or topical issues in the IG space currently; the likely focus areas of the upcoming CIGF; and whether there are any specific issues the Caribbean region ought to be focusing on.

ICTP 347: Exploring the new generic top-level domain program with Lance Hinds and Carlton Samuels

Posted by Michele Marius | 16 Apr 2025 | Podcast Episodes

As the internet becomes more integral to economic development, cultural diplomacy, and public governance, there may be strategic value in having custom generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Active participants in the global Internet Governance space, Lance Hinds and Carlton Samuels, are back to discuss ICANN’s New gTLD Program: Next Round, which is currently open. The conversation covered, among other things: the difference between country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) and gTLDs; the current state of use of ccTLDs in the Caribbean region; the New gTLD Program and the benefits that could be realised; and the challenges to Caribbean countries and organisations to apply for new custom gTLDs.

Internet fragmentation 101 and how it is reshaping the digital world

Posted by Michele Marius | 21 Mar 2025 | ICT/Tech

Day by day, the internet is becoming a less unified and cohesive space. “Splinterisation” has been occurring and is likely to continue, which could result in many “internets”. We outline some of the drivers of this fragmentation, likely consequences and some of the forums that are trying to make a difference.

ICTP 335: Building our multistakeholder digital future, with Jacqueline Morris

Posted by Michele Marius | 22 Jan 2025 | Podcast Episodes

The Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum (TTIGF) is just around the corner, and worldwide, it is among the first Internet Governance events of the year. With Jaqueline Morris, a longstanding player in the global Internet Governance space and the current Chair of the Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group Board, which is the organiser of the TTIGF, she discusses, among other things, how TTIGF came about, how the internet has been evolving and emerging trends, and the biggest internet or Internet Governance issues to which we should be paying particular attention.

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From vulnerability to resilience: Addressing key gaps in the Caribbean region’s critical internet infrastructure

ICTP 364: Evolving internet governance for an inclusive digital future, with Nigel Cassimire of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union

ICTP 347: Exploring the new generic top-level domain program with Lance Hinds and Carlton Samuels

Internet fragmentation 101 and how it is reshaping the digital world

ICTP 335: Building our multistakeholder digital future, with Jacqueline Morris

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