Hanoi, June 2018 By Vu Quoc Tuan Former Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet Source: Bui Tuan I was fortunate to be the assistant of the late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet from 1985 to 1994. He was a leader of strategic vision, determined to think and act in the cause...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not solely confined to the robots we see on Silicon Valley start-up companies’ websites and in dystopian movies. Rather, in recent years, AI has become ubiquitous in our lives, from Microsoft programs running the numbers and organizing...
(Photo Credit: Munir Uz Zaman / AFP) By Philip Hamilton (BGF) - Recently, the Boston Global Forum was fortunate enough to interview Mark Robertson, the Head of Communications at Sedex Global. Sedex Global is a non-profit organization that works to enhance global...
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) was fortunate enough to be able to speak with Mark Robertson, the Head of Communications at Sedex Global. As Mr. Robertson outlines below, Sedex Global is a non-profit organization that aims to enhance global supply chain transparency...
(Andrew Biraj/Reuters) By Philip Hamilton (BGF) - On February 11, 2014 the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (“the Committee”) held a hearing on the “Prospects for Democratic Reconciliation and Workers’ Rights in Bangladesh”. The hearing consisted of...
(Photo Credit: PETER PARKS/AFP/GettyImages) (BGF) - This article, by Robert Haddick and published by ForeignPolicy.com, discusses China's actions and territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Haddick describes China's actions, which often encroach upon the...
Joseph S. Nye Joseph S. Nye, Jr. is University Distinguished Service Professor at, and former Dean of, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, as well as a member of the Boston Global Forum's Board of Thinkers. He received his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from...
(BGF) - On February 19th, 2014 we launched a program to recognize the companies that promote worker safety and rights through the use of best practices. The program launch was introduced by Governor Michael Dukakis, three-term Governor of Massachusetts, 1988...