A Major Gathering in Late March — Tokyo, Japan The Shinzo Abe Conference 2026, organized by the Boston Global Forum as part of the Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security, will take place in Tokyo in late March 2026. This year’s conference will place a strong...
Professor Alex Pentland’s new book Shared Wisdom offers a timely and profound foundation for the development of the AI World Society (AIWS) model. His central message is clear: to build a flourishing society, we must design our technologies based on deep understanding...
By Cansu Canca In the Shaping Futures section of this week’s BGF Weekly, we spotlight the influential article “Operationalizing AI Ethics Principles” by Dr. Cansu Canca, published in the Communications of the ACM. Dr. Canca addresses one of the most pressing...
Comeback After Collapse In 2007, Abe resigned as Prime Minister due to illness. Many viewed him as politically finished. Yet in 2012, he made a dramatic return. His unprecedented second chance inspired many Japanese who had once lost confidence in themselves. “Japan...
In the World Leader Award Section of this week’s BGF Weekly, we proudly introduce insights and reflections from distinguished members of the BGF Board of Thinkers on prominent global leaders who have shaped peace, security, and democracy. This section serves as a...
On July 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law a historic bill regulating stablecoins, a pivotal step for the mainstream adoption of digital assets in the United States. As reported by Reuters, this legislation creates the first clear federal framework for...
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) is pleased to announce that the book “The AI World Society: A 30-Year US-Vietnam Partnership from Nha Trang to Boston (1995-2025)”, co-authored by Harvard Professor Thomas Patterson and Nguyen Anh Tuan, Co-Founder, Co-Chair, and CEO of...
We’re starting to give AI agents real autonomy, and we’re not prepared for what could happen next. Operator, an agent from OpenAI, can autonomously navigate a browser to order groceries or make dinner reservations. Systems like Claude Code and Cursor’s Chat feature...