Raphaël BLOnline rule of law as a belief systemA recent seminar held by Jean d’Aspremont on his latest book, International Law as a Belief System, instilled the first reflections that…Feb 27, 2018Feb 27, 2018
Raphaël BLThe Internet Governance Forum 2017: Mild Chaos and Golden GeeseThat was my first Internet Governance Forum. Ouf!Dec 25, 2017Dec 25, 2017
Raphaël BLThe echo chamber of insanityNot even one hour after the terrorist attack in Barcelona, I found Twitter flooded with various types of hate speech directed to Islam and…Aug 18, 2017Aug 18, 2017
Raphaël BLAgainst Veganism (no I’m not an angry meat-eater)Veganism as a “movement” misses the point entirely. It is usually unhealthy and fails to reach out to the vast majority of the population.Jul 11, 2017Jul 11, 2017
Raphaël BLA highly pragmatic decision: The Equustek caseMost of the “internet community” has and will criticise the Canadian Supreme Court decision in the Equustek case. In this piece I shall…Jun 29, 2017Jun 29, 2017
Raphaël BLEuroDIG Chronicle: Blockchain and a sustainable Internet governanceSustainability, Internet governance… and blockchain; a random wordsoup?Jun 16, 2017Jun 16, 2017
Raphaël BLEuroDIG Chronicle: China, EU and Internet GovernanceAt this year’s edition of EuroDIG, one could attend a flash session on EU-China relations with regards to internet governance. It was an…Jun 11, 2017Jun 11, 2017
Raphaël BLEuroDIG Chronicle: Estonia and e-EstoniaSome may have heard of Estonia’s eager digitalisation. Known in the 90’s as a budget post-soviet vacation spot (for the history buffs and…Jun 6, 2017Jun 6, 2017
Raphaël BLNo IPs for bad regimesAFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) gathering African network operators and ISPs, is not the most well known kid in the class…May 7, 2017May 7, 2017
Raphaël BLHow not to make a case for liberalism — Wealth tax in the French electionsFrench presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron promised to attack all rent seeking behaviours. Once such rent he identified is the real…Apr 29, 2017Apr 29, 2017