On March 7th, 2023, at MIT, the CEO of Boston Global Forum and Board Member of History of AI Initiative, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, met with Tom Kehler and Kim Polese at MIT to discuss their contributions to the field of artificial intelligence, and how they can participate...
Global Enlightenment Leaders contribute to Japan’s Economy
The upcoming Shinzo Abe Initiative Conference on April 5, 2023, in Tokyo will showcase a special report titled "Make the Economy of Japan Great in the Age of Global Enlightenment." The report aims to address the challenges faced by the Japanese economy in the current...
Force Majeure
(Photo Credit: AP) (BGF) - This recent article, published in The Economist, discusses the relative impunity China is able to act with in its territorial disputes in the South China Sea. As the article notes, China's actions, such as placing an oil rig off the coast of...
Vietnam Won’t Be Pushed Around By China
(Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images) (BGF) - Recently The Boston Globe published an article discussing Vietnam's history of conflict with, and resistance against, China. In light of Vietnam's long history of resisting Chinese actions, H.D.S. Greenway argues that, although...
China sends destroyers to boost ‘surveillance’ ops in South China Sea
(BGF) - As the Philippines' InterAskon News reported, China has transferred two destroyers, with one each to operate in the East and South China Seas and nine other ex-navy vessels, including tugs, icebreakers and survey ships to its maritime surveillance fleet in a...
U.S., Japan press China to respect int’l law over S. China Sea row
(BGF) - China insisted that its activities in the South China Sea were the "inherent right of the country" and that they are all "in accordance with international law and historical evidence"', neglected the U.S., Japan and other regional powers' urges to address...
Philippines to ‘secure sovereignty’ if challenged by China
(BGF) - The Philippines' Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said in a press briefing that the Philippines will "secure sovereignty" if it is challenged, as the Inquirer reported. The remark is made after the Philippines Navy surveillance plane found eight Chinese...
South China Sea tensions mount as Manila prepares to drill for oil
(BGF) - Joshep Santolan for the World Socialist Web site reported that tension escalated in the South China Sea after the Philippines government announced that it would deploy the oil exploration plan in the waters which are also claimed by China. Vietnam also...