In fact, in 2013 the Internet governance debate will continue at least in seven different venues. The list is as below:
1. The ITU World Telecommunication Policy Forum (Geneva, May 2013)
2. UNCSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (Geneva, June 2013)
3. WSIS 10 + (Paris, February 2013)
4. 68th UN General Assembly (New York, October 2013)
5. The 8th Internet Governance Forum (Bali, November 2013)
6. ICANN (Beijing, Durban. Buenos Aires)
7. G8 & G20 (Lough Erne and St. Petersbourg)
2012 has leaded to a growing polarization. Now the tone of the controversy seems to become more aggressive. Almost a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War of the 20st century, we witness now in the 21st the emergence of a global political scenario which more or less exactly follows this cold war model, not along the old "isms", but along a different understanding of freedom, human rights, innovation, control and the role of governments. Like fire and water, two incompatible ideas about how the Internet should be organized worldwide stand against each other and form two poles of broad spectrum of different opinions.
