Dear friends and readers, As we welcome the Lunar New Year, Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of the Boston Global Forum, and Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of the Boston Global Forum, extend our warmest congratulations and best wishes to all. May 2024 bring joy, prosperity,...
The Boston Global Forum will host a Shinzo Abe Peace and Security Conference this spring. Distinguished leaders, scholars, and professionals from various fields will meet in Tokyo on March 28, 2024, to engage in critical discussions addressing pressing global...
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...
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey warned that if the Islamic State is defeated in the Middle East: a "diaspora'' of the group’s fighters could infiltrate Western Europe and the U.S. and stage many terror attacks there. “This is an order of...
The Chernobyl nuclear plant after the explosion and meltdown there in 1986. The Ukrainian government says that the nuclear wasteland around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power-plant disaster could be turned into one of the world’s largest solar farms. The...
The World Climate Research Program, a United Nations agency, says that record temperatures in the first half of 2016 surprised scientists despite recognition that extreme weather is becoming more frequent and intense. Earth seems on track to have its hottest year...
As Germans reel from recent terror attacks, here's a question and answer piece on German asylum policy. Many Germans are angry that the policy has brought in some murderous people from the Mideast. To read a CNN article on this, please hit this link.
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida wants Japan to host a trilateral summit with South Korea and China soon. One of the topics is bound to be what to do about North Korea's saber-rattling. “The cooperation of Japan, China and South Korea has completely been...