Date: March 30, 2025 Location: Tokyo, Japan Organizers: Boston Global Forum (BGF) & The Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security I. Rationale and Background Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the preeminent architect of the modern Indo-Pacific. By...
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Ursula von der Leyen’s 2025 Vision for a Unified Europe
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...
Professor Judea Pearl contributes his new methodology to the Book “Remaking the world – The Age of Global Enlightenment”
Professor Judea Pearl, 2020 World Leader in AIWS Award and Mentor of AIWS.net, contributes his new methodology in AI to the United Nations Centennial e-book. He wrote: This is the first time I am using the word “domestication” to describe what happened in...
Dialog between EU, US, Japanese, and Australian leaders on regulation on AI by the EU
The Boston Global Forum and the Michael Dukakis Institute wish to congratulates the EU Commission for the “Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL LAYING DOWN HARMONISED RULES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT) AND...
Applying AIWS Values for Innovations at AIWS City
AIWS City is an initiative for the United Nations Centennial. The AIWS City to be an application and a practice of what Vint Cerf, father of the Internet, has called “The People Centered Economy.” The core concept, in Vint Cerf’s words is as follows: “All people can...
Governor Michael Dukakis and “remaking the world” concepts on The United Nations Centennial Book
On May 27, 2021, the United Nations Academic Impact and the Boston Global Forum will co-launch the e-book “The United Nations Centennial: Remaking the world – The Age of Global Enlightenment”. Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of the Boston Global Forum and Mr. Ramu...
Indian Ambassador Raghavan speaking at the AI International Accord Conference on April 28, 2021
I would like to warmly compliment Prof. Choucri for a masterly compilation of a concise, and yet comprehensive, paper outlining the elements of an AIIA, capturing the intricacies of the issues involved and appreciating the breadth of the challenges. She makes the...
Building the AI International Accord: NATO on AI warfare — AI treaty consultation — Unions call for more AI protections
The China question: Beijing supports banning the use of these weapons, but not their development or production. The U.S. and NATO have argued that they need to keep autonomous lethal weapons in their arsenals as deterrence and defense against “malign” actors — all...