goes out to the Civil Initiative for Internet Policy in Kazakhstan and the public foundation
‘‘GIPI’’ in Tajikistan. Extraspecial mention goes out to our team in Uzbekistan, who toil under
great personal risk and in total anonymity. Cambridge and EIPN also are supported by a
fantastic in-field administration and technology team from the Civil Initiative for Internet Policy in Kyrgyzstan, who make working in the CIS seem easy: Alexsei Bebinov, Lira Samykbaeva, and Zlata Shramko.
Cambridge also would like to recognize the engagement of the Institute of Information
Security Problems, Moscow State University, for its willingness to engage with the Advanced
Network Research Group around two NATO-sponsored roundtables examining Internet controls, and to bring to the table representatives from the Russian National Security Council as
well as major security organizations and businesses. This engagement has started an important public-policy process around these critical issues between representatives of Russian
state institutions, business, and civil society.
In the Middle East, Cambridge partnered with Palestinians and Israelis to conduct testing in
what can be termed ‘‘a highly complex political and security environment.’’ Special thanks go
out to Dr. Michael Dahan (Hebrew University) for his insights on Israeli information society. Especial thanks to our Palestinian partners, Engineer Wassim Abdullah, Dr. Mashour Abudaka,
His Excellency Dr. Sabri Saidam, and Sam Bahour and the technical staff at the Centre for
Continuing Education, Bir Zeit University, without whom the work in the West Bank and Gaza
would not have been possible.
Finally, the Cambridge team benefited from some excellent past and present researchers:
Dr. David Mikosz, Deirdre Collings, and Joanna Michalska, all of whom undertook much of the
grounded foundational research upon which our present work in the CIS and Middle East
depends.
Dr. Robert Faris at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School has led
the research staff, at Harvard Law School and also across all institutions, with grace and
poise. Rob deserves as much credit as anyone for the quality and integrity of the research
that underlies this work, as well as for a great deal of the text in this book.
Rob Faris has been joined and supported by an unusually strong group of research fellows
on the Berkman Center’s team. Among these Berkman fellows, Derek Bambauer, now a law
professor, stands out. Derek spent more than two years, as a student and as a research fellow, developing the methodology, gathering earlier versions of these data, and drafting
reports that form the core of much of what we conclude in this book. Jeffrey Engerman, now
a lawyer in private practice, contributed a great deal of wisdom as to our methods and the
way we handle and analyze our data. Derek and Jeff also coordinated a generation of research assistants who helped us to produce the first versions of many of the state-specific
reports on which our work is grounded. Stephanie Wang, a terrific lawyer and researcher,
brought exceptional regional understanding to our work in East Asia. Vesselina Haralampieva
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‘‘GIPI’’ in Tajikistan. Extraspecial mention goes out to our team in Uzbekistan, who toil under
great personal risk and in total anonymity. Cambridge and EIPN also are supported by a
fantastic in-field administration and technology team from the Civil Initiative for Internet Policy in Kyrgyzstan, who make working in the CIS seem easy: Alexsei Bebinov, Lira Samykbaeva, and Zlata Shramko.
Cambridge also would like to recognize the engagement of the Institute of Information
Security Problems, Moscow State University, for its willingness to engage with the Advanced
Network Research Group around two NATO-sponsored roundtables examining Internet controls, and to bring to the table representatives from the Russian National Security Council as
well as major security organizations and businesses. This engagement has started an important public-policy process around these critical issues between representatives of Russian
state institutions, business, and civil society.
In the Middle East, Cambridge partnered with Palestinians and Israelis to conduct testing in
what can be termed ‘‘a highly complex political and security environment.’’ Special thanks go
out to Dr. Michael Dahan (Hebrew University) for his insights on Israeli information society. Especial thanks to our Palestinian partners, Engineer Wassim Abdullah, Dr. Mashour Abudaka,
His Excellency Dr. Sabri Saidam, and Sam Bahour and the technical staff at the Centre for
Continuing Education, Bir Zeit University, without whom the work in the West Bank and Gaza
would not have been possible.
Finally, the Cambridge team benefited from some excellent past and present researchers:
Dr. David Mikosz, Deirdre Collings, and Joanna Michalska, all of whom undertook much of the
grounded foundational research upon which our present work in the CIS and Middle East
depends.
Dr. Robert Faris at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School has led
the research staff, at Harvard Law School and also across all institutions, with grace and
poise. Rob deserves as much credit as anyone for the quality and integrity of the research
that underlies this work, as well as for a great deal of the text in this book.
Rob Faris has been joined and supported by an unusually strong group of research fellows
on the Berkman Center’s team. Among these Berkman fellows, Derek Bambauer, now a law
professor, stands out. Derek spent more than two years, as a student and as a research fellow, developing the methodology, gathering earlier versions of these data, and drafting
reports that form the core of much of what we conclude in this book. Jeffrey Engerman, now
a lawyer in private practice, contributed a great deal of wisdom as to our methods and the
way we handle and analyze our data. Derek and Jeff also coordinated a generation of research assistants who helped us to produce the first versions of many of the state-specific
reports on which our work is grounded. Stephanie Wang, a terrific lawyer and researcher,
brought exceptional regional understanding to our work in East Asia. Vesselina Haralampieva
Preface
xi