Originally published by Horizon Search on November 10, 2023. The Boston Global Forum honored its Chair, Governor Michael Dukakis, on his 90th birthday at Harvard University's Loeb House, where a select group of dignitaries gathered to express their appreciation and...
Israel-Hamas War; APAC and Indian-EU links: Roundup on the Four Pillars
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...
E.U. beefs up its military operations
Jane's Defense Weekly looks at the European Union's expansion of military operations to counter new threats from Islamic terrorists and Russia. The article starts: "Over the past two years the EU's military operations have increased considerably, with the latest...
Why China is so tough for U.S. tech companies
Why is China such a discouraging place for American technology companies? One reason, Robert Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, told the Los Angeles that: “Since President Xi Jinping took office, they have...
Greek-Turkish Cypriot talks on reunification may be a model
Map by konact Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders have made progress in talks aimed at the political reunification of the island (part of which is effectively occupied by Turkey) on the basis of establishing a two-zone, two-community federal...
Chinese military even more aggressive than Xi
China’s increasingly aggressive military is pushing the nation's also aggressive Communist political leadership to be willing to attack the U.S. and other nations that are pushing back against China's attempt to take over the South China Sea through military threats....
South African election may redraw political map
South Africans will vote on Aug. 3 on elections for mayors and local councillors and in so doing they might end up redrawing the nation's political map. The Guardian reports that for the first time since taking power in 1994, the African National Congress (ANC)...
French premier wants controls on mosque financing and training of imans
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on July 29 that he would consider a temporary ban on foreign financing of mosques after a wave of lethal attacks by Muslim terrorists. In an interview with French daily Le Monde, Mr. Valls said he was “open to the idea...