Edward Snowden changed the international politics of cyberspace forever. In 2013, the former contractor for the American National Security Agency provoked an international outcry by revealing the extent of US government surveillance in cyberspace. Much of the initial debate focused on demands for greater privacy on the internet. Since then, it has become clear that, in the post-Snowden era, the international politics of cyberspace has huge implications for almost every significant area of public policy — including business, economics, national security, espionage and the resilience of critical infrastructure.
愛德華•史諾登(Edward Snowden)永遠改變了網路空間的國際政治。2013年，這位美國國家安全局(NSA)前合約員工洩露了有關美國政府監控網路的程度，引發國際社會的強烈抗議。最初很大一部分辯論集中於強化網路私隱的呼聲。自那以來變得明顯的是，在後史諾登時代，網路空間的國際政治對幾乎每一個重大的公共政策領域（包括商業、經濟、國家安全、間諜活動、以及關鍵基礎設施的彈性）都有巨大影響。