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BGF Distinguished Contributors

BGF Distinguished Contributors

On the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of its founding (12/12/2012 – 12/12/2022), BGF honors the Boston Global Forum Distinguished Contributors:

Chernobyl site eyed for alternate energy

  The Chernobyl nuclear plant after the explosion and meltdown there in 1986. The Ukrainian government says that the  nuclear wasteland around the site of the Chernobyl  nuclear power-plant disaster could be turned into one of the world’s largest solar farms. The...

U.N. agency: Global warming seems to be speeding up

The World Climate Research Program, a United Nations agency, says that record temperatures in the first half of 2016 surprised scientists  despite recognition that extreme weather is becoming more frequent and intense. Earth seems on track to have its hottest year...

As terror spreads, a look at German asylum policy

  As Germans reel from recent terror attacks, here's a question and answer piece on German asylum policy. Many Germans are angry that the policy has brought in some murderous people from the Mideast. To read a CNN article on this, please hit this link.

Japan wants summit with S. Korea and China

  Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida wants Japan to host a trilateral summit with South Korea and China soon. One of the topics is bound to be what to do about North Korea's saber-rattling. “The cooperation of Japan, China and South Korea has completely been...

Clinton cybersecurity plans look like Obama’s

  Bloomberg reports that the cybersecurity goals of  the Obama administration may live on in a  Hillary Clinton administration. The Democratic Party platform echoes the same goals set by President Obama, designed to strengthen U.S.  cybersecurity and modernize...

U.S. hopes for cooperation from Russia in Syria

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on July 26 that the U.S. hopes to announce in early August details of planned military cooperation and intelligence-sharing with Russia on Syria. But given Moscow's actions so far in going all out to support the regime of Syrian...