(October 17, 2015)- China's President Xi Jinping did provide no definition to the term “militaritization” for its actions in the South China Sea, and in the view of Bonnie Glaser, the senior adviser for Asia and director of China Power Project at Center for Strategic...
The making of a fait-accompli: Clashing maritime claims and regional stability in the South China Sea
(Boston, Oct 17, 2015) - Bill Hayton, author of The South China Sea: the struggle for power in Asia (Yale, 2014), made his keynote speech about the South China Sea issue on Boston Global Forum's conference "Dangerous Situation and Solutions for Peace and Security in...
Bangladesh Passes New Labor Laws – but Labor Rights Groups are Skeptical
Feeling the heat from international pressure, Bangladesh passed new labor laws to help improve worker rights and aid the formation of trade unions. But human rights groups say that law has only made "modest" improvements. Steven Greenhouse from New York Times...
Dialogue for Change
Boston Global Forum brings together leaders and renowned professors from Harvard and MIT to lead the discussion on worker safety. July 18, 2013 Boston- To propel discussions around Boston Global Forum’s (BGF) 2013’s ‘Issue of the Year’, a group comprising BGF Chairman...
A Tiny Glimmer of Hope Amidst Grief and Disaster
Time Magazine's online news portal reports on a significant reduction in the number of people living in poverty in Bangladesh. According to the article, The World Bank announced that number of people living in poverty dropped from 63 million in 2000 to 47 million in...
US Action Plan on Bangladesh’s GSP, and Bangladesh’s Perspective
The following article has been written by Leonie Barrie, managing editor of just-style.com. To read the article on its source website, please click here. US: Action Plan Sets Out Bangladesh GSP Safety Steps The US government has set out a series of steps that...
Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh
The Accord on Fire and Bulding Safety in Bangladesh, backed by the International trade union IndustriALL and the Bangladeshi government, was released on 8 July. It has gathered 75 signatories which are major European retailers. Under the Accord, International teams of...
U.S guides Bangladesh to regain its trade privileges
The Obama administration released an “action plan” on Friday (July 19) pressing Bangladesh to significantly increase the number of labor, fire and building inspectors and to improve their training. Three weeks after announcing that U.S would suspend Bangladesh's trade...