ICANN’ s Challenges: Seeking Checks and Balances in Internet Governance

Having operated flawlessly to date, ICANN has been criticized for alleged opacity and lack of accountability. In light of the then much-anticipated termination of JPA, the question was (and still is), whether ICANN's fundamental activities could be evaluated from the perspective of the good corporate governance principles. The key to the ICANN's future  success may lie in maintaining its checks and balances system.