Ladies and gentlemen, It is my great honor today to give Japanese Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi the World Leader in AIWS Award for 2023. Minister Takaichi has dedicated her career to promoting economic growth, social equity, and technological innovation in...
Minister Sanae Takaichi to present the Distinguished Global Enlightenment Speech and former Prime Minister of Italy Enrico Letta to present the keynote speech at BGF High-level Conference
Cambridge, Massachusetts - On April 26, 2023, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) will host the High-level Conference on AI Assistant Regulation Summit at the Harvard University Faculty Club. The event featured several distinguished speakers from around the world, including...
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...