A new Economist leader, “America wakes up to AI’s dangerous power,” points to an important shift in American strategic thinking: after the “Mythos moment,” an overly laissez-faire approach to AI is no longer politically tenable or strategically wise. The article...
NASA’s Artemis II mission concluded successfully on April 10 with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off California at 5:07 p.m. PDT, ending an approximate 10-day journey around the Moon. The crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—returned...
March 4, 2022 Boston, MA - The Boston Global Forum (BGF), Michael Dukakis Institute (MDI), and Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) stand by the autonomy, peace, and security of Ukraine, and condemn Russia’s senseless and destructive assault on Ukraine’s...
02/22/2022 We, the undersigned Former Leaders and civil society representatives of countries of the European Union, the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Middle East wish to express our grave concern about the rapidly growing threat of large-scale armed conflict that is...
Ramu Damodaran, the first Chief of the United Nations Academic Impact: In the 75th anniversary year of the United Nations (UN), the Boston Global Forum launched its “UN Centennial Initiative”, looking to the world, and its United Nations, in 2045, when the world...
Governor Dukakis, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I want to start by thanking Governor Michael Dukakis and Boston Global Forum for selecting me for the World Leader for Peace and Security Award 2021. I am honoured and proud both for the award and for the...
Your Excellency Mr. Michael Dukakis, the (former) Governor of Massachusetts, Chairman of Boston Global Forum (BGF)! Your Excellency Mr. Danilo Turk, the (former) Slovenian President, President of Club de Madrid! Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, co-founder and CEO of the Boston...
In this context, CdM in partnership with BGF organized a Policy Lab on Fundamental Rights in AI & Digital Societies: Towards an International Accord in September 2021. Multistakeholder discussions aimed to build consensus around a rights-based agenda for the...