Event Report: Progressive Initiatives

Panel event organized by the Global Security Institute and the Government of Austria May 6, 2009 Project Report by Jim Wurst, MPI Program Director “Progressive Initiatives”, a UN panel event organized by the Global Security Institute (GSI) and co-sponsored...

Event Report: Voices of Experience

Panel event organized by the Global Security Institute, the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs May 7, 2009 by Jim Wurst, MPI Program Director The May 7 panel “Voices of Experience” lived up to its...

Remarks by Ambassador Robert Grey Jr.,

at the Arthur Armitage Award Ceremony honoring Jonathan Granoff Rutgers Law School-Camden June 11, 2009 (Check against delivery) I am honored to be here today to honor the man you have chosen to honor. He is simply put unique. His life’s work is to strengthen...

Remarks by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.,

Remarks by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.,at the Arthur Armitage Award Ceremony honoring Jonathan Granoff Rutgers Law School-Camden June 11, 2009 We are here today to honor Jonathan Granoff, the 2009 recipient of the Arthur E. Armitage, Sr. Distinguished Alumni Award...

Honoring Footsteps

Remarks by Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute on accepting the Arthur E. Armitage Distinguished Alumni Award Rutgers University Law School-Camden June 11, 2009 Although it is my name and hands accepting this honor today, the reality is that...

India Poised to Take Lead on Nuclear Disarmament

Twenty-three years after Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi presented to the world an Action Plan to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, India is once again poised to take a leadership role on global nuclear disarmament efforts.   Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi presenting his...

Strengthening Space Security

October 14, 2009 Event report by Jim Wurst     (L-R): John Steinbruner, Nancy Gallagher, Cesar Jaramillo Technology in outer space is outpacing the global legal regime governing their use. New arrangements are therefore needed to ensure that space is kept...

Strategizing for a Nuclear Weapons Convention

Event Report A workshop of “Seizing the Moment: A One-Day Consultation on Breakthrough Measures to Build a New East West Consensus on Weapons of Mass Destruction and Disarmament” co-sponsored by the EastWest Institute, the Center for Nonproliferation...

Good News for Disarmament!

Governments have now explicitly recognized the centrality of international humanitarian law (IHL) in the field of nuclear weapons policies. The 2010 NPT Review Conference expressed “deep concern at the catastrophic consequences of any use of nuclear...

A Call from the Central Asian Steppe:

International Forum For A Nuclear Weapons-Free World October 12-13, 2011 Kazakhstan GSI Report On October 12-13, the Government of Kazakhstan convened the “International Forum for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World” which hosted 400 scientists, experts...

A Letter from the President

Dear friend, I am honored to share with you the work of the Global Security Institute, the organization I am proud to serve as its President since 2000. The following link will bring you to our most recent eNewsletter, which reports on some of the remarkable...

DPE: Glossary

Aegis Cruiser – see Missile DefenseAlert Status The readiness level of a weapon or weapons system. Throughout the Cold War, US and Soviet nuclear forces were maintained on high alert, a policy that has changed little to this day.Air Based Laser – see Missile...

IPB and the Newark Peace Education Summit

Event Report May, 2011 From May 13-15, over 2500 peacemakers, educators and community organizers from Newark (New Jersey), the United States and from around the world met at the Newark Performing Arts Center to share, strategise and promote practical approaches to...

Audio Resources

Bipartisan Security Group’s Ambassador Thomas Graham on BBC’s “Is There a New Nuclear Arms Race?” April 2015 Ambassador Thomas Graham, Chairman of the Bipartisan Security Group, explains the colossal consequences of nuclear-weapon states...

Books by GSI Experts

The following titles are available for purchase through their publisher or independent booksellers.   Unending Crisis: National Security Policy after 9/11by Thomas Graham, Jr. Foreward by Hans Blix In Unending Crisis, Thomas Graham Jr. examines the second Bush...