On November 3, 2022, Boston Global Forum leaders congratulate the birthday of Governor Michael Dukakis, co-founder and Chair of the Boston Global Forum, co-founder of the AI World Society (AIWS), who turn 89 this year. He is a high respectful, kind leader of BGF since...
Franco Pavoncello, President of John Cabot University Rome, October 25, 2022 Governor Dukakis, Distinguished panelists, ladies and gentlemen, I am Franco Pavoncello President of John Cabot University, and it is with great pleasure and honor that I welcome you...
In our newsletter last week, Sarah Grand-Clément explored the role technology can play in ceasefire monitoring and verification. Today Kyrre Berland looks at its contribution to the art and practice of diplomacy itself, noting "while the United Nations seeks to...
Globally, there has been a concession on transparency and the need for algorithmic audits. Digital India Act The IT Act 2000 oversees almost every facet of online activities. When the laws were first introduced, social media firms such as Facebook and Twitter did not...
In this article, Sarah Grand-Clément , researcher in the Conventional Arms and Ammunition program and the Security and Technology program at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) looks at the role technology can play in ceasefire monitoring...
Leaders of the Vietnam Communist Party’s Central Theory Council will welcome and discuss with former PM Ehud Barak and his wife Nili Barak about the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment in Hanoi. This is a very special trip of PM Barak, with...
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 era of the global internet is over,” writes the Council for Foreign Relations in its latest Independent Task Force report. “The vision of an open, reliable, and secure global network has not been achieved and is unlikely to be realized. As a result, the internet...