On June 8, 2023, the esteemed leaders of the Hai Duong Government, including Mr. Tran Duc Thang, Chief of the Party of Hai Duong, and Governor Trieu The Hung, gathered to attend and speak at a momentous event. The occasion marked the launch of a new Information...
Introducing the AIWS Leadership Program for Vietnam
On June 8, 2023, Professor Thomas Patterson, the Director of the AIWS Leadership Program and a renowned Harvard professor and Global Enlightenment Leader, unveiled the program during a special event organized by the Hai Duong Government in Vietnam. The occasion marked...
Turkey attacks both ISIS and Kurds in Syria
After Turkey virtually gave ISIS a pass for many months, the Turkish military and allied forces are seriously attacking both U.S.-backed Kurdish militia and Islamic State group positions across the border in Syria. The Turkish government has fought the Kurds...
China’s hidden unemployment rate
China's real jobless rate may be considerably higher than the official 5 percent. Bai Peiwei, an economics professor at Xiamen University, estimates, in the words of Bloomberg News, that the rate "may be 10 percent in industries with excess capacity, such as...
Eurozone’s Big Three to meet on post-Brexit planning
The leaders of Germany, France and Italy -- the Eurozone's three largest countries -- are meeting on a small southern Italian island for talks on how the European Union should proceed following Britain’s vote to leave. Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi, German...
Many young Europeans leave future behind
An increasing number of young people in Europe are neither working, nor in school nor being trained. This bodes ill for the socio-economic future of the Continent. Bloomberg reports that "The problem isn't only that they are currently without a job. They 'face...
Obama prepares for last Asia trip as president
President Obama next month will make what is expected to be his final trip to Asia. There he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders. During his time in the White House, Mr. Obama has sought to "rebalance" America's defense and...
Inside Assad’s giant torture chamber
This Guardian piece takes you inside Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's giant prison and torture chamber, where people seized by Assad's forces undergo horrific abuse. "Now ex-detainees and architects have built an accurate model, using 'ear-witness' testimony, of...