From August 2 to 19, 2022, Prime Minister Ehud Barak will visit Vietnam, meet leaders of Vietnam and discuss concepts of Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment. The Boston Global Forum organizes and supports him on this Vietnam trip. He will visit...
Since its release in April 2021, the draft AI regulations (the “Regulations”), also referred to as the EU AI Act, have acted as a catalyst of legal, political, and societal developments within the field of AI. Forming the basis of many of the developing trends for...
Satellite imagery suggests that China might be punishing its ally North Korea for its nuclear-weapons tests by sharply restricting trade between the two dictatorships. “It is apparent that shortly after North Korea did the fourth nuclear test in January, China took...
In a redomination of its currency, Belarus is cutting four zeroes off the face value of the ruble as the country, which is virtually a satellite of Russia, struggles with recession. It's the third redomination in the nation of 10 million since it became...
Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of ideological orthodoxy to ensure the power and legitimacy of Communist Party rule. “The wavering of idealistic faith is the most dangerous form of wavering,” Mr. Xi told an assembly of party officials...
The European Union may not seem democratic but it is, mostly. Amanda Taub writes in The New York Times: "{W}hile defenders of the European Union have evidence to show that the bloc is democratic, this misses the point. Democracy, after all, is about more than...
Mountains in northern Yemen. Many Yemenis find themselves trapped on Yemen's long and complicated civil war. The Washington Post reports that the "conflict holds enormous stakes for Washington and its allies. Yemen, the Middle East’s poorest nation, straddles vital...
Facebook has overturned a decision that blocked the social network from using its "datr'' cookies to track the Internet activity of logged-out users in Belgium. This is the latest in the long-running case that started with the Belgian Privacy Commission (BPC)...