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Professor Thomas Patterson: On 2016 Global Cybersecurity Day

Professor Thomas Patterson: On 2016 Global Cybersecurity Day

On 2016 Global Cybersecurity Day, our speakers and discussants not only talked about the issue of cybersecurity but they also discussed about idea related to the newly launched organization: Global Citizenship Education Network (GCEN), which is presented by Professor...

Will G7 pushback against Chinese, Russian aggression work?

Do the actions of the G7 nations meeting at their May 26-27 summit in Japan suggest that Russian aggression against Ukraine and Chinese aggression in the South China Sea will not succeed in the long run because of pushback from the G7 industrialized democracies?...

Russian official sees Western sanctions continuing

  Alexei Pushkov, the Foreign Affairs Committee chairman of the lower house of  the Russian parliament, said that it would be no surprise if the G7 nations extended sanctions against Russia for its occupation of Crimea and its war against the pro-Western...

Abe cites sense of economic ‘crisis’

Abe cites sense of economic ‘crisis’

(May 30th, 2016) G7 Summit host Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, said he and the other leaders of the most important industrialized democracies share a strong “sense of crisis’’ about the global economic outlook.  G7 leaders wrapped up a summit in central...

G7 leaders emphasize their commitment to climate pact

G7 leaders emphasize their commitment to climate pact

(May 30th, 2016) On May 27, leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized democracies meeting at their summit in Japan reaffirmed their commitment to swift implementation of the landmark Paris climate pact signed last year.  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen with world...