Minh Nguyen is the Editor of the Boston Global Forum and a Shinzo Abe Initiative Fellow. She writes the Four Pillars column in the BGF...
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Boston Global Forum (BGF) and Nkemnkia: Community Development Empowerment International Foundation (NCDEIF) introduce AI World Society (AIWS) to Africa
On November 14, 2023, at the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, Rome, Italy, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) in Boston, USA, and the Nkemnkia Community Development Empowerment International Foundation (NCDEIF) in Rome, Italy, signed a Memorandum of...
U.S. official warns Australia it must choose between U.S. and China
Reuters reported that "A senior U.S. soldier said on Sept. 1 that Australia must choose between a stronger U.S. alliance or closer ties with China, and urged Canberra to take a tougher stance against Chinese claims in the South China Sea. "The Pentagon,...
Rocky start to Myanmar peace talks
Peace talks aimed at ending decades of strife in democratizing Myanmar (Burma) have been off to a very rocky start because of assorted personal gaffes and organizational incompetence, including scheduling screwups. To read the full article on this, please hit this...
Mystery in Uzbekistan
The Guardian writes: "To most of Uzbekistan’s population, it doesn’t really matter whether the president, Islam Karimov, is alive or dead. What matters more is that the crisis prompted by his poor health is seized upon to demand change for people living under a...
Trump’s surprise trip to Mexico angers many there
Donald Trump's surprise visit to Mexico on Aug, 31 to meet with President Enrique Pena Nieto outraged many Mexicans. After all, this is the man who has characterized the nation as full of drug traffickers and rapists and has proposed building a wall along the...
P.M. May emphasizes that Brexit is final
British Prime Minister Theresa May made it clear on Aug. 31 that her Conservative government would not hold a referendum or otherwise back off on the plan, approved by the electorate for the United Kingdom, for her country to leave the European Union. The...
Brazilian president proclaims innocence
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, at impeachment hearings following corruption charges against her, insisted again on Aug. 29 that she had committed no crime and said she was proud that she'd been "faithful to my commitment to the nation." She has been...