As the 2020 World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, has consistently demonstrated a leadership style defined by strategic unity, principled resilience, and a commitment to the rule of law. Her...
For America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age Initiative As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the central question of international leadership has changed. In the industrial age, power was defined by steel, oil, factories, and fleets. In the AI Age,...
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...
