To improve the regulation of Artificial Intelligence, the UK government have put forth an AI rulebook to protect data and promote responsible AI use. These proposals, pitched in the AI rulebook, look toward the future regulation of Artificial Intelligence, and take a...
The Quiet, Compelling Leadership of Shinzo Abe
Roger B. Porter The stunning, senseless death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by an assassins’ bullet in Nara illuminates the vulnerability of political leaders. Abe’s legacy reminds us of the powerful influence of quiet diplomacy and of how one...
The Speech of UK Consul General Peter Abbott OBE at the Conference “Remaking Ukraine – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”
Professor Ozolina, thank you very much indeed for those kind words of welcome. Professor Thomas Patterson, co-founder of the Boston Global Forum, governor Dukakis in absentia, the Dukakis Institute, President Levitz the president of Latvia, ambassador Makarova, fellow...
Speech of Consul General of France, Arnaud Mentré, at the Conference “Remaking Ukraine – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”
Dear chairs of the Boston Global Forum, Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, dear fellow councils general and distinguished member of the audience, as the french consul general in Boston, let me express my deep appreciation for the initiative taken by the Boston Global Forum and the...
Speech of professor Nazli Choucri at the Conference “Remaking Ukraine – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”
Loeb House, Harvard University, April 29, 2022 Good morning, and I will be brief. Okay, straight to the point, and allow me to start with the obvious. These are difficult times, very difficult times, and they are very dangerous times. This is not the first time...
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...