President Volodymyr Zelensky, the 2022 World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, who has courageously led Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion, has declined a visit from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres due to his recent participation in...
The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, has called for an exploration of “return hubs” outside the EU in a letter to the bloc’s national leaders on irregular migration, citing a deal between Italy...
Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan, Vietnam were 2015 honorees. 2016 Awards will be presented at Harvard University December 12 In December of 2015, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) launched a new award titled “World Leaders for Peace,...
(June 21st, 2016) A BBC World Service poll funds that people in general are increasingly identifying themselves as global rather than just national citizens. (The Boston Global Forum has been heavily involved in global citizenship education programs.) The news...
(June 13th, 2016) In this paper, Carlos Alberto Torres, Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of California at Los Angeles, occupant of the UNESCO Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education at UCLA and a member of The Boston Global...
(June 13th, 2016) The news service V3 reports that international cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier warned that governments lack the expertise to, as V3 paraphrased him, “define security policy when it comes to the rapidly growing Internet of Things.’’ The Boston...
(May 30th, 2016) After warning at the G7 Summit that the global economy faces the risk of another crisis like that of 2008-2009, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to propose a fiscal stimulus package of as much as $90.7 billion to help ward it off, Nikkei, the...
(May 30th, 2016) This link will take you to a description of the program in Vietnam of the UNESCO Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education, with which The Boston Global Forum has been collaborating closely. The program has been working in Vietnam...