News
Happy Thanksgiving from BGF

Happy Thanksgiving from BGF

Happy Thanksgiving! As we express our gratitude on this special day, the Boston Global Forum extends heartfelt thanks to all contributors who have played a vital role in our endeavors. A special appreciation goes to the distinguished contributors of the book "From the...

Turkish coup came close to succeeding

  New details are emerging that show how close the Turkish coup came to success. Contrary to what has already become the conventional wisdom, the attempt was very well organized. But the plotters had some bad luck. One observer said that the coup started to fail...

China closing part of South China Sea for exercises

  In a new show of muscle, China is closing  part of the South China Sea for military exercises this week. The announcement comes after an international tribunal ruled against Beijing’s claim to own virtually the entire sea. An area southeast of China Hainan...

West urges Turkish government restraint after botched coup

  In a plea that's unlikely to be respected by Turkey's increasingly dictatorial president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, European politicians and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have called on Turkey to respect the rule of law amid a purge of state institutions in...

In Scotland, May pushes U.K. unity

The United Kingdom's new prime minister, Theresa May, pushed for U.K. unity in Edinburgh on July 15 on her first visit as Britain's premier. While 51 percent of voters in the U.K. as a whole backed its exit from the European Union, 62 percent of Scots voting favored...

Why Islamic murderers target France

  Jason Burke, writing in The Guardian, discusses why France is such a target for Islamic mass murderers. He observes, among other things that: "Undoubtedly, the role France has historically assumed as standard bearer of Western secular liberalism has put the...

Economic globalization still alive and well

Container ships in world trade. Despite Brexit and rising pressure for protectionism across the West, ''anyone who thinks globalization is dead misreads what's really happening,'' writes Michael Schuman in Bloomberg News. "While there are pockets of resistance, much...