Who decides the future of the Internet?

On Stewardship, Scarcity, and the Hypocrisy of “Community Control”

What does “community control” become once the resource is scarce?

On The Agency Problem at the Core of Internet Governance

What happens when those who govern a system neither own it nor bear its risks?

On The Sovereignty Fallacy

Can a continent be sovereign over a coordination record?

On the Counter-Argument — and Why It Fails

What is the strongest case against decentralisation, and where does it fail?

Why RIRs Do Not Have Authority — and Why “Community Sovereignty” Breaks the System

What is the difference between authority and cooperation, and which one do registries have?

On APNIC Governance and the Need for a Clean Break

What did the 2023 APNIC disclosures reveal, and why is incremental reform not enough?

Ahead of the 2023 APNIC elections, I raised serious concerns about its governance. At the time, those concerns were dismissed, and I was publicly attacked by a small but well-connected group with vested interests. Subsequent disclosures proved those warnings correct: APNIC was, in effect, under the legal control of a single individual. For two decades, its sole owner, director, and shareholder held structural power over the Internet for the Asia-Pacific region through a private company arrangement. That concentration of control was dangerous and fundamentally incompatible with the role APNIC claims to serve.

On AFRINIC, RIR Governance, and the Myth of “Community Ownership”

What does “community ownership” mean when a few insiders control the rules?

I write this note not as a commentator, but as someone who has been directly involved in the realities of Regional Internet Registry (RIR) governance, particularly at AFRINIC.