Initiative

Congressman asks U.S. probe of cellphone security gap

(April 25th, 2016) U.S. Congressman Ted Lieu called for a federal investigation of a gap in security that lets people get into others’ phones to record calls, texts and locations. The Guardian reports that security flaws within the system that brokers connections,...

NATO, Russian envoys meet for first time in 2 years

(April 25th, 2016) Ambassadors from Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization met last Wednesday for the first time in nearly two years, as continued Russian attacks on eastern Ukraine and saber-rattling in the Baltic maintained high military tensions between...

Japanese spokesman discusses BGF-G7 Summit Initiative issues

( April 25th, 2016) In a wide-ranging conversation on April 18 with Harvard Prof. Thomas Patterson of The Boston Global Forum,  Yasuhisa Kawamura, Director-General for Press and Public Policy of the Japanese government, discussed Japan’s hopes and concerns as the G7...

BGF’s CEO meets with MIT cyberexpert

(April 18th, 2016) Nguyen Anh Tuan, chief executive of The Boston Global Forum (BGF), met on April 13 with Nazli Choucri, a professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an expert in international cyberrelations.   She was...

China complains about G7 statement on South China Sea

(April 18th, 2016) China last week summoned envoys from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized democracies to complain about a G7 statement opposing provocation in the East and South China Seas. The G7 was responding to Chinese militarization of small reefs and...