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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Shinzo Abe Initiative Report: Addressing World Conflict and Four Pillars for Peace and Stability
At the 3rd Shinzo Abe Initiative Conference, March 28, 2024 in Tokyo, the Boston Global Forum announced the Shinzo Abe Initiative Report: Addressing World Conflict and Four Pillars for Peace and Stability Contributed by Michael Dukakis, Ramu Damodaran, Francesco...
With Coalition Established, Angela Merkel Eyes the Future
Earlier this month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel got the votes she needed to create a new coalition government. A coalition has formed between her own Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) party and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). With this deal, Chancellor...
AIWS Considering Emerging Challenges to Democracy
In the 21st century, and especially in the last few years, a number of disturbing challenges have emerged that may threaten peaceful democratic governance. AIWS works at the intersection of technology and politics to envision the best possible future. We believe that...
The City of the Future
What will the city of the future look like? According to Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Alphabet: smart. The company was founded in 2015 to solve urban problems through technology. Their latest project is a Toronto neighborhood, Quayside, which could soon be home to...
Walter Langelaar to Speak at BGF-G7 Summit Conference
AIWS is excited to announce that Walter Langelaar, co-creator of the world's first AI politician, SAM, will be speaking at our annual BGF-G7 Summit Conference in April. Mr. Langelaar and his co-researchers have designed an artificial intelligence that's creating a...
A New Kind of Candidate
Imagine this: A new political candidate who cannot lie, who listens directly to voters, and who always has fresh ideas. The catch? They’re an AI. Once just science fiction - the subject of TV shows like Black Mirror - researchers in New Zealand are developing an...
AIWS and Next Generation Democracy
Next Generation Democracy (NGD) is an initiative led by Club de Madrid to facilitate discussion and promote democracy worldwide. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the world saw a dramatic increase in democratic governments. In recent years, however, the resurgence of...