Date: March 30, 2025 Location: Tokyo, Japan Organizers: Boston Global Forum (BGF) & The Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security I. Rationale and Background Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the preeminent architect of the modern Indo-Pacific. By...
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How Will Takaichi Emulate Her Political Role Models, Thatcher and Abe?
As analyzed by The Japan News by Yomiuri Shimbun, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is consciously shaping her leadership through the combined legacies of Margaret Thatcher and Shinzo Abe—two leaders defined by resolve, strategic clarity, and moral conviction. From...
AIWS City and Vietnam’s Data Revolution
As readers of this newsletter are aware, an “AIWS City” is being developed by NovaWorld in Phan Thiet, Viet Nam as a pilot project. It is a virtual digital city dedicated to promoting the values associated with AIWS and aims to bring together a global enlightenment...
Speech of Prime Minister Abe: The Framework for Global Law and Accord on A.I. and Digital
Boston, December 12, 2021 I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the invitation to speak today. I made a visit to Boston in 2015 as then Prime Minister and have good memories of visiting the Kennedy Library, Harvard University and MIT. How I wish today that...
Speech of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: “Security in Cyberspace”
To pay tribute to Prime Minister Abe, Boston Global Forum republishes his speech from the first Global Cybersecurity Day: (Excerpts of Prime Minister Abe’s speech at Boston Global Forum Conference, December 12, 2015.) “Ensuring security in cyberspace – cybersecurity –...
From UN Charter Day to UN Centennial Initiative
June 26 is United Nations Charter Day, the date on which the foundational document for the global organization was signed by its original members in San Francisco in 1945. It offers a moment to reflect upon the very first resolution adopted by the United Nations...
Global Enlightenment Club supports AIWS Award
AIWS City will support political and social innovations by presenting them with AIWS Rewards based on effectiveness and benefits for improving societies. This is a part of the United Nations Centennial Initiative. On June 26, 2022, Global Enlightenment Leaders...
Independence Day: Governor Dukakis foreword in “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”
The book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment was published in Vietnam bilingually in Vietnamese and English by Tri Thuc Publishing House and presented to Vietnamese leaders and all of members of the National Assembly of Vietnam. Pioneering ideas...