In his final written message dated June 10, 2022, less than a month before his assassination, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, articulated a strategic vision for the Indo-Pacific region. Abe emphasized the...
Most Japanese see Taiwan as independent: poll
Seventy percent of Japanese view Taiwan as an independent country and support establishing formal diplomatic relations between the nations, a poll published yesterday by a Taipei-based think tank showed. The Indo-Pacific Strategic Think Tank (IPST) worked with the...
Speech of Prime Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija at the BGF Conference “Rebuilding Ukraine”
Thank you, thank you very much. I'm really honored and privileged to be with you, and of course I want to thank to Michael Dukakis and Boston Global Forum for remaining such impressive group of people there in your premises in Boston. And of course us who are able to...
Professor Alex Pentland’s speech at the BGF Conference “Rebuilding Ukraine”
I'll be very short here. I'm struck with the fact that in 1991 Estonia left the Soviet Union, and one of the things it did first is, it renovated its governance and its internal systems and deployed the first general blockchain system in the world because they were...
Speech of German Consul General Nicole Menzenbach at the BGF Conference “Rebuilding Ukraine”
Good morning, everyone. I would like to start with a huge thank you to the Boston Global Forum for putting on this conference together. I would like to start with the fact that the horrors of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine mark a turning point in German...
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s Speech at the BGF Conference “Rebuilding Ukraine”
April 29, 2022 Hello everyone. So pleasured, and I am really honored to address your forum. You know frankly I didn't expect that we are to discuss the one of the biggest; actually, this is the biggest war after the Second World War in Ukraine, but it happened....
Speech by H.E. President of the Republic of Latvia Egils Levits at Boston Global Forum “Remaking Ukraine – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”
29 April, 2022 Dear Governor Dukakis, prof. Patterson, dear Ambassador Markarova, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Boston Global Forum made the right choice to award the 2022 World Leader for Peace and Security Prize to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The...
Riksdag Speaker Andreas Norlen’s Speech at 2022 The Conference Honoring President Zelensky and all Ukraine people with the World Leader for Peace and Security Award
April 29, 2022 https://youtu.be/fX0752eLgy0 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity to address you on this very special occasion. I was very honored last year when I received the World Leader for Peace and Security Award from the Boston Global Forum, and...