Poster #24 - "Cyber Sovereignty in Flux: Transnational Collaboration and Adaptive Governance in Digital Ecosystems"

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Abstract

With the global popularization of the Internet, while breaking down space-time barriers and building an efficient shared virtual space, it has also given rise to the complex governance dilemma of cyberspace sovereignty. Currently, cyberspace governance is facing challenges such as the game of subjects intertwined with reality, the integration of mechanisms and system fragmentation, and the traditional governance model has been difficult to cope with the real problems such as the struggle for the right of ownership of key information infrastructure and the suppression of core technologies. Against this background, this paper focuses on the international recognition of the concept of “network sovereignty” in the era of digital intelligence, and explores the path of change for the establishment of a collaborative governance framework through a multi-dimensional study. The study adopts a mixed methodology, on the one hand, using natural language processing technology to analyze the sentiment of international live content on TikTok, YouTube and other platforms, and combining deep learning to improve the precision of judging the sentiment tendency of the text; on the other hand, based on the theory of international practice, the study refines the conditional variables, and applies the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to analyze the multiconditional grouping of 45 international cases. The study finds that ideological differences, geopolitical risks, legitimacy, common interests and value orientation constitute the core elements affecting international recognition, of which five low recognition paths and one high recognition path are identified. The innovation of the study is reflected in breaking through the traditional single perspective, combining macro international rules game with micro text sentiment analysis for the first time, and systematically revealing the precise motivation of the international recognition of the concept of “cyber sovereignty” in the era of digital intelligence through the fusion of co-occurrence analysis and QCA method. In order to realize the resilience of cyberspace governance, the study proposes a multi-dimensional collaboration strategy: at the conceptual level, it is necessary to enrich the connotation of “cyber-sovereignty” and build a counter-narrative framework to dissolve ideological bias; at the practical level, it is necessary to strengthen the construction of cyber-hard power, and optimize the mechanism of expression by participating in the formulation of international rules; and at the collaboration mechanism, it is suggested to establish a technological self-constraint norm, expand the economic community of interest, and build an inclusive alliance network. The Although the study takes into account the dynamic complexity of the international community, the evolution of emerging countries' attitudes still needs to be continuously tracked. The results provide theoretical support and practical paths for cracking the dilemma of fragmentation of global network governance, and have important reference value for promoting the establishment of a collaborative international governance system.

Author

• BO WAN LI, East China Normal University
  Presenting Author