Portfolio Assessment of the Department of State Internet Freedom Program

doi:10.7249/RR794

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DOI	10.7249/RR794
报告编号	RR-794-DOS
	Portfolio Assessment of the Department of State Internet Freedom Program
	Ryan Henry; Stacie L. Pettyjohn; Erin York
	2014
出版年	2014
页数	94
语种	英语
国家	美国
出版者	RAND Corporation
领域	资源环境
英文摘要	The struggle between those promoting Internet freedom and those trying to control and monitor the Internet is a fast-paced game of cat and mouse, and the DRL Internet freedom program seeks to fund projects that promote preserving the open character of the Internet. Employing portfolio analysis techniques, the authors assessed DRL's Internet freedom portfolio for fiscal year 2012–2013. The assessment showed good alignment between the State Department's strategy and the cumulative effect of the 18 funded projects. Additionally, the portfolio was assessed to be well balanced with an unrealized potential for supporting emergent State Department needs in enlarging political space within authoritarian regimes. The assessment revealed that the investment in developing Internet freedom capacity and capabilities would likely have residual value beyond the portfolio's funded lifespan, with positive, but indirect, connections to civic freedom. Moreover, promoting Internet freedom appears to be a cost-imposing strategy that simultaneously aligns well with both U.S. values and interests, pressuring authoritarian rivals to either accept a free and open Internet or devote additional security resources to control or repress Internet activities. Finally, the authors determined that the value of such analysis is best realized over multiple stages of the portfolio's lifecycle. Among the authors' recommendations were for DRL to enhance the synergy within the portfolio and among its grantees and to maintain a relatively balanced Internet freedom strategy that includes projects working on access, anonymity, awareness, and advocacy.
英文关键词	The Internet International Diplomacy Communication Systems Political Reform Movements
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来源平台	Rand Corporation
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/3921
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ryan Henry,Stacie L. Pettyjohn,Erin York. Portfolio Assessment of the Department of State Internet Freedom Program:RAND Corporation,2014.