Minh Nguyen is the Editor of the Boston Global Forum and a Shinzo Abe Initiative Fellow. She writes the Four Pillars column in the BGF...
News
Happy Lunar New Year 2024
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,...
What role technology can play in ceasefire monitoring and verification
In this article, Sarah Grand-Clément , researcher in the Conventional Arms and Ammunition program and the Security and Technology program at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) looks at the role technology can play in ceasefire monitoring...
Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak will discuss “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” with Vietnamese leaders
Leaders of the Vietnam Communist Party’s Central Theory Council will welcome and discuss with former PM Ehud Barak and his wife Nili Barak about the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment in Hanoi. This is a very special trip of PM Barak, with...
The Quiet, Compelling Leadership of Shinzo Abe
Roger B. Porter The stunning, senseless death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by an assassins’ bullet in Nara illuminates the vulnerability of political leaders. Abe’s legacy reminds us of the powerful influence of quiet diplomacy and of how one...
Confronting Reality in Cyberspace: Foreign Policy for a Fragmented Internet
“The era of the global internet is over,” writes the Council for Foreign Relations in its latest Independent Task Force report. “The vision of an open, reliable, and secure global network has not been achieved and is unlikely to be realized. As a result, the internet...
The Global Alliance for Digital Governance supports building the Geopolitics of Digital Standards
The Cyber Project of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School launched the report “The Geopolitics of Digital Standards,” by Sophie Faaborg-Andersen and Lindsay Temes. The Global Alliance for Digital Governance supports its...
Building Shinzo Abe Digital Memorial Hall on AIWS City
To honor Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s legacy and to continue his work dedicated to world, the Boston Global Forum has established the Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security: The Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Digital Memorial Hall on AIWS City (House of Honor Section)...