The Wilson Center's Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition and the Boston Global Forum launch the Indo-Pacific Spark Club, a prestigious network of business leaders from across the Indo-Pacific region. This club is dedicated to fostering a peaceful, secure, and...
In this week’s Four Pillars, we will look at the two fronts of concerns for the Four Pillars – Europe, particularly Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific Russia, Ukraine, and related updates: US will send $1.7 billion in military aid to Ukraine [ABC News] Russia is relying on...
On July 25th, Vietnam CEO Summit 2018 will take place in Hanoi with the participation of MDI’s Director Nguyen Anh Tuan and Prof. Jason Furman, who was named by President Barack Obama as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. The Summit is expected to bring an...
The two nations are in a technology race to create a supercomputer that could result in major advances in many fields. Reported by MIT Technology Review, last month, the US Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled the world’s fastest supercomputer called Summit. Thus, a...
AI is offering huge opportunities to industries, it’s our choice to change or not. The rust belt in the US’s heartland- Pittsburgh is witnessing a huge transformation, Pittsburg was once a land of facilities of steel and coal, structures of coke, now they are a fading...
German Chancellor visited China to strengthen international ties at the tech-hub in Shenzhen. She called for better data security in China. According to Deutsche Welle’s article, in May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel had a two-day trip to China to improve ties with...
A new initiative called “Education for Shared Societies” is being developed in the partnership of World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (WLA- CdM) and the Varkey Foundation. WLA-CdM, one of BGF and MDI’s closest partners in developing the AIWS 7-layer Model,...
Stated in Senator Ed Markey’s article on The Boston Globe, the US is having a serious privacy issue due to many incidents involving consumer’s data being breached. The problem of cybersecurity in the US requires urgent action. Just this year, there have been multiple...