BGF's Global Enlightenment Leaders, including Prime Ministers Enrico Letta and Zlatko Lagumdzija, distinguished scholars Martha Minow and Ruth Okediji from Harvard Law School, thinker John Clippinger, and others, are actively contributing to the agenda for actions on...
To celebrate the 90th Birthday of Michael Dukakis, Global Enlightenment leaders will contribute to building AIWS - the Age of Global Enlightenment. Engaging in dialogues with US leaders during the event and organize Global Enlightenment Music: music to celebrate...
(BGF) - This article, featured on Bloomberg's website discusses a recent Chinese court order to impound a Japanese ship, the Baosteel Emotion, as compensation for two Chinese ships leased by Japan in 1937 that were ultimately lost at sea. As the article discusses,...
(Photo Credit: Google Maps) (BGF) - Reporting for The Diplomat, Shannon Tiezzi discusses the implications of Japan's recent decision to station troops on the Yonaguni Islands. The Yonaguuni Islands are Japan's western-most islands and are only "150 kilometers south of...
(Photo Credit: Ed-meister / flickr) (BGF) - In the March/April 2012 edition of Foreign Affairs Henry Kissinger discussed the future of the U.S.-Chinese relationship. Throughout the article, Kissinger emphasizes that conflict is a choice, rather than an inevitability....
(Photo Credit: Alex Wong) (BGF) - A recent article in The New York Times, by Helene Cooper, discusses U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's recent visit to Beijing. In particular, Cooper notes that, despite efforts by Secretary Hagel and China's Defense Minister,...
(Photo Credit: Alex Wong/AP) (BGF) - On April 8th, The Washington Post published an article by Ernesto Londoño that discussed U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's visit to China. Londoño notes that, despite rhetoric emphasizing cooperation between the U.S. and China,...
(Photo Credit: ANTOINE BOUTHIER/AFP/GettyImages) (BGF) - A recent article published in Foreign Policy explored the possibility that China might actually attempt to seize Japan's southern islands. The article begins by laying out the possible rationales for a Chinese...