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December 19, 2007 Embassy magazine By Jonathan Granoff Those of us who vigorously advocate for a nuclear weapon-free world are often thought to ignore positive efforts by nuclear weapon states. Let us put that to rest. Here is a short list of several noteworthy...
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By Jonathan Granoff Special to The Courier-Journal Click here for the original publication Religious leaders gathering this week at the Festival of Faiths in Louisville must make a forceful call to forge a consensus of conscience and reason: Nuclear weapons are...
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BY JOHN BURROUGHS* September 26, 2007 Read the full text original article, published in Newsday On Friday at the United Nations, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will discuss strategy regarding Iran’s nuclear program with her counterparts from Britain,...
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By PNND Global Coordinator Alyn Ware SGI Quarterly July, 2007 The original article can be found here On November 6, 1995, Lijon Eknilang, a quiet, unassuming woman from the Pacific island of Rongelap, made what is probably the longest trip in the world for a court...
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June 8, 2007 Theodore Postol and James Goodby New York Times PALO ALTO, California — President Vladimir Putin’s compromise proposal to President George W. Bush concerning the U.S. ballistic missile defense system currently slated to be installed in Poland...
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Disarmament Times Spring, 2007, Vol. 30, No. 1 by Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. The first preparatory meeting for the 2010 Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty is set to begin in Vienna on April 30, beginning a new cycle in the long struggle to rid the world...
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May 2, 2007 Analysis by Douglas Roche, O.C.Embassy Representatives of 188 nations, which have ratified the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), are meeting in Vienna this week and next to try again to construct a viable plan for nuclear disarmament. They will continue...
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February 10, 2007 Op/ed by Jonathan Granoff Published in Commondreams.org and The Huffington Post Click here for a PDF version of the article Shopping alone in the red light district for a trusted partner is counterintuitive, when applied to international security...
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January 31, 2007 Op-ed by Mikhail Gorbachev The Wall Street Journal “The essay, ‘A World Free of Nuclear Weapons,’ published in this newspaper on January 4, was signed by a bipartisan group of four influential Americans — George Schulz, William...
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The Deal Will Strengthen Only Indias Peaceful Nuclear Program False. The proposed agreement provides India with nuclear materials and technology from the United States. In exchange, India would divide its civilian and military nuclear programs, place safeguards on its...
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April 27, 2006 by Jonathan Granoff and David Krieger Common Dreams To view the original version of this article, please click here. George W. Bush thought that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. He was wrong. Now Mr. Bush has returned from India,...
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March 29, 2006 by Jimmy Carter The Washington Post During the past five years the United States has abandoned many of the nuclear arms control agreements negotiated since the administration of Dwight Eisenhower. This change in policies has sent uncertain signals...
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June-August, 2005 By Jonathan Granoff Enlightenext Magazine Click here for the original article, published in Enlightenment Nobel Peace laureates have a right, an ability, and a responsibility to articulate a morally empowered vision for all people on the planet. Most...
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May 2, 2005 By Jimmy Carter International Herald Tribune As the review conference of the Nonproliferation Treaty convenes in New York this month, we can only be appalled at the indifference of the United States and the other nuclear powers. This indifference is...
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October 28, 2004 by Jonathan Granoff Common Dreams The inspection disarmament efforts through the UN system worked in Iraq. The invasion was not necessary. Billions of dollars have been squandered, thousands of lives and limbs lost, and the people of Iraq live...
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March 28, 2005 By Jimmy Carter The Washington Post Renewal talks for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are scheduled for May, yet the United States and other nuclear powers seem indifferent to its fate. This is remarkable, considering the addition...
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June 30, 2004 By Kim Cranston San Francisco Chronicle As we witness the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq, I wonder what my father, the late Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., would have thought about the situation there. A few days before he passed away in December...
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April 21, 2004 By Jonathan Granoff, Michael Doyle and Robert Grey Jr. Common Dreams People make mistakes. We should not be too surprised or dismayed at the failure of intelligence regarding weapons in Iraq. We now know that blood and treasure is being spent...
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December 13, 2003 By Robert T. Grey, Jr. Chicago Sun Times In his memoir, A World Transformed, former President George Bush in discussing the Gulf War made the following observation: ”Trying to eliminate Saddam would have incurred incalculable human and...
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Nov/Dec 2003 By Jonathan Granoff Tikkun There are approximately 30,000 nuclear weapons in the world, 90 percent of which are possessed by Russia and the United States. The United States has about 11,000 nuclear weapons, and the Russians have about 19,500 nuclear...
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August 14, 2003 By Robert T. Grey Jr. The Washington Times The Bush administration and its critics agree that the viability of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is crucial to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear materials. Any actions to...
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June 9, 2003 By John Holum International Herald Tribune WASHINGTON, DC–Even as U.S. forces struggle to consolidate victory in a war justified largely to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the White House is preparing to build and test new nuclear weapons...
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April 22, 2003 By Urs A. Cipolat The Progressive The Bush administration wrongly believes it can eliminate the nuclear threat by wars of prevention. This policy may actually stimulate efforts by other countries to quickly obtain nuclear weapons. Earlier this...
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January 15, 2003 By Ambassador Robert T. Grey Jr. San Francisco Chronicle Sept. 11, 2001 focused the attention of the world on the threat of global terrorism, and the international community responded collectively to the threat it posed. But the tools for...
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January 10, 2003 By Jonathan Granoff San Diego Union Tribune War does not exist without the shedding of innocent blood. Under the best-case scenario, Iraq’s children – present victims of the Ba’ath Party mafiocracy with its Don, Saddam Hussein...
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October 5, 2002 By Jonathan Granoff and Douglas Roche Financial Times Sir, If Iraq is developing weapons of mass destruction, their control and elimination must be done in an effective manner that reinforces international stability. It is in the utmost interest...
