Reflections on Peace, Innovation, and Shared Destiny Across Three Decades Co-Authored by Harvard Professor Thomas Patterson and Nguyen Anh Tuan, with Foreword by Governor Michael Dukakis Boston, MA – July 11, 2025 – The Boston Global Forum (BGF) today proudly...
Boston Global Forum – AIWS Film Park July 8, 2025 Today, on July 8, we solemnly remember the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was tragically assassinated on this day in 2022. His visionary leadership and unwavering commitment to peace, democracy, and a free and...
Harvard University Loeb House, November 23, 2022 Note: I am indebted to the memoir of Vu Quoc Tuan for many of the insights into this remarkable life and career. Imagine if you left home one morning, said goodbye to your spouse and children, and learned a few hours...
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) honored the Technology Envoy to the United Nations Secretary General, Ambassador Amandeep Gill, with the World Leader in AIWS Award 2022, and Ambassador Gill presented the Distinguished Global Enlightenment Speech at the BGF’s 10th...
Harvard University, Loeb House, November 23, 2022 Excellencies, I am Hamada Yasukazu, Defense Minister of Japan. I am afraid I am not able to attend this conference in person due to a scheduling conflict. I am very delighted to know that Boston Global Forum...
Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of the Boston Global Forum and Harvard professor Thomas Patterson Harvard University Loeb House, November 23, 2022 Of Southeast Asia’s leaders of the past half-century, no leader has demonstrated more foresight and courage than...
I appreciated from the representative of Taipei. It reminds us that you can have a democracy with Chinese characteristics. Taipei and Japan both demonstrate that democracy is not just a Western concept. The urge for self-determination is a universal and fundamental...
