Franco Pavoncello, President of John Cabot University Rome, October 25, 2022 Governor Dukakis, Distinguished panelists, ladies and gentlemen, I am Franco Pavoncello President of John Cabot University, and it is with great pleasure and honor that I welcome you...
Introduction to the Symposium “Technology for Peace and Democracy in the Age of Global Enlightenment”
Francesco Lapenta, Ph.D., Director, John Cabot University’s Institute of Future and Innovation Studies Rome, October 25, 2022 Rarely in human history have the high stakes of the relationships between technology, peace, democracy, and the future of Humanity and the...
China’s Vessels Ram Vietnamese Craft In South China Sea
(BGF) - Forbes reported that that six Vietnamese craft were injured in a collision on May 4 as China ships intentionally rammed two Vietnamese Sea Guard vessels. The tensions has escalated in the South China Sea as China brought its drilling rig in waters which...
In High Seas, China Moves Unilaterally
(BGF) - China is increasingly becoming aggressive and has not been shy in recent years about making broad claims to control much of the South China Sea. By installing an expensive drilling rig in disputed waters with Vietnam, it made a new move in its strategy. It now...
Vietnam tries to stop China oil rig deployment
(BGF) - The news of USA Today reported that Vietnamese ships and Chinese naval vessels collided Wednesday in the South China Sea as Hanoi sought to prevent Beijing from setting up an oil rig in waters claimed by both nations. Click here to read the full article or...
China insists it has right to put rig off Vietnam
(BGF) - The Associated Press reported that Yi Xianliang, deputy director-general of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs, insisted in a press conference on May 8 that China has "every right to drill for oil off Vietnam's...
US Senator John McCain said China actions are making tensions escalated in the South China Sea
(BGF) - On May 7, The US Senator John McCain released a statement on his website that China's oil drilling off the coast of Vietnam and its deployment of dozens of naval vessels to support that provocative action serves only to escalate tensions in the South China...
Vietnam opposes illegal foreign activities in its waters
(BGF) - According to the Voice of Vietnam News (VOV), Vietnam government affirmed the China's drilling rig HD-981 is operating within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf and that "Any activity conducted by foreign countries in Vietnam’s waters...