Joseph S. Nye, Jr., a distinguished member of the Boston Global Forum’s Board of Thinkers and one of the most influential scholars in international relations, passed away on May 6, 2025, at the age of 88. Foreign Affairs has highlighted several of his most impactful...
Hanoi, Vietnam — May 5, 2025 This morning, at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi, the Vietnam Banking Times, in collaboration with the State Bank of Vietnam, hosted the high-level conference "Positioning Vietnam's Banks as Global Brands". The event attracted prominent leaders,...
In the foothills of the Andes in Bolivia. On Aug. 26, Bolivian miners lifted their roadblock where violent protests had taken place this week. This came a day after miners murdered Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes. President Evo Morales called it a...
A U.N. body called the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination asserts that politicians helped fuel a surge in racist hate crimes during and after Britain's referendum campaign on whether to leave the European Union. The panel said many prominent...
After a half century of conflict that has killed 200,000 people, talks between the Colombian government and Marxist rebels called FARC have resulted in a peace agreement, say sources on both sides. To read the story on this, please hit this link ...
Reuters reports that Singapore plans to cut off access to the Web for public servants as a defense against potential cyber attack – "a move closely watched by critics who say it marks a retreat for a technologically advanced city-state that has trademarked the...
After Turkey virtually gave ISIS a pass for many months, the Turkish military and allied forces are seriously attacking both U.S.-backed Kurdish militia and Islamic State group positions across the border in Syria. The Turkish government has fought the Kurds...
China's real jobless rate may be considerably higher than the official 5 percent. Bai Peiwei, an economics professor at Xiamen University, estimates, in the words of Bloomberg News, that the rate "may be 10 percent in industries with excess capacity, such as...