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On the other hand, as the editors of this volume note, the contestation of cyberspace has a silver lining: “ What was once an arcane discussion restricted to engineers,
intelligence agencies, and a small segment of policymakers is being broadened into
public policy and popular circles. ” With the constitution and rules governing cyberspace still to be determined, it is imperative that democratic states and global civil
society mobilize to counter the authoritarian tendencies among its would-be “ founding fathers. ” Access Contested will be an invaluable source of instruction and inspiration
in this seminal struggle.
Carl Gershman
President of the National Endowment for Democracy