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Nuclear Weapons: What Obama actually said on deterrence
August 1, 2008 The Washington Times by John Hollum The Washington Times recently published an op-ed by Peter Huessy (“Playing games with U.S. security, Obama’s feel-good approach puts nuclear deterrent at risk”) which mischaracterized Sen....
The Test of Leadership
The Washington Times July 9, 2008 by James Goodby Much has been written about what the next president's priorities should be. Iraq? Health care? The environment? The economy? Seldom mentioned is a danger many Americans have chosen to forget - the atom bomb. The damage...
Questions for the candidates
International Herald Tribune July 4, 2008 by Mikhail Gorbachev There has been unusual interest throughout the world in the U.S. presidential race. Skeptics, of whom there are quite a few, say the campaign is just a marathon show that has little to do with real...
Nuclear Fuel Recyling: More Trouble Than Its Worth
April, 2008 Scientific American by Frank N. von Hippel Although a dozen years have elapsed since any new nuclear power reactor has come online in the U.S., there are now stirrings of a nuclear renaissance. The incentives are certainly in place: the costs of natural...
Sleepwalking in a Nuclear Minefield
April 2008 Sojourners The United States still worships at the altar of nuclear weapons - yet cries 'heresy' when others want to join the sect. by Douglas Roche Reprinted with permission. Contact Sojourners at www.sojo.net or +1 (800) 714-7474 As the 21st century...
‘Toward a Nuclear-Free World’: Reaganites against the bomb
April 2008 Sojourners by Tyler Wigg Stevenson and Jessica Wilbanks Reprinted with permission. +1 (800) 714-7474 In January 4, 2007, former Reagan administration officials George Shultz and Henry Kissinger joined Democrats William Perry and Sam Nunn in publishing...
Restoring U.S. nuclear-free leadership
April 2, 2008 Washington Timesby Thomas Graham, Jr. and Max Kampelman After a long dry spell, the seeds planted by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva in 1985 and Reykjavik in 1986, appear to be bearing fruit. Their declaration in Geneva that "a...
Juggling and the Kashmir-Jammu Conflict
April 2008 By Alyn Ware SGI Quarterly I am visiting a school in rural New Zealand and am with a group of 15 students outside on the playing field. I have a bag of balls at my side. "Who here knows how to juggle a couple of balls?" I ask, tossing two balls into the air...
Spiritual Disaster Preparedness
March 31, 2008 Will evangelicals show the will to pursue the prevention of a pending threat? by Tyler Wigg Stevenson Originally published by Christianity Today At 10:13 a.m. on Thursday, May 25, 2017, a 14-foot U-Haul truck will abruptly come to an inexplicable stop...
A Merciful White Flash
March 31, 2008 While despairing of nuclear annihilation, I received an irresistible consolation. By Tyler Wigg Stevenson This piece was originally published in Christianity Today, Before I became a Christian, I had the worst lunch breaks in the world. They went...
United Nations
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Facing a Tough Road Ahead – For Immediate Release –
Contact: Zachary Allen, Tel: 415-397-6760, zack@gsinstitute.org SAN FRANCISCO-Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter recently hosted a consultation of diplomats and government officials at The Carter Center. The Consultation sought to preserve and strengthen the Nuclear...
GSI eNewsletter: January 13, 2005
Dear Friend: The Global Security Institute joins in offering condolences and support to the survivors of the recent tsunami. In the midst of an inspiring outpouring of caring for those injured by world's worst natural disaster of modern times, where thousands have...
Nobel Peace Laureates Express Grave Concern About Nuclear Arms Race, Call for Strengthening of NPT and UN – Event Report by Dr. Urs Cipolat – Rome, Italy
From 10-13 November, twenty-three Nobel peace laureates and laureate organizations met in Rome, Italy for the 5th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. As in previous years, their annual Summit was organized by the Gorbachev Foundation and co-hosted by former Soviet...
Final Statement of the 5th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates – “A United World or a Divided World” – Rome, Italy
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Final Statement of the 5th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Rome, Italy November 12, 2004 Under the high patronage of the President of the...
“Terrorism an Other Threats to Humanity” by Mary Ellen McNish – 5th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates: Session 3 – Rome, Italy
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Remarks by Mary Ellen McNish Secretary General, American Friends Service Committee Before I begin my short remarks I feel I must, as an American,...
“The Role of Ethical Economics in Overcoming Inequality & Divisions in a Globalized World” by M S Swaminathan – 5th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates: Session 2 – Rome, Italy
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Remarks by M S Swaminathan President, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World AffairsI. Guiding principles of ethical economics Spreading the concept...
“Terrorism and Other Threats to Humanity” by Mairead Corrigan Maguire – 5th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates: Session 3 – Rome, Italy
Dear Friends, On 11th September, people everywhere were shocked into the realization that we live in a dangerous world. Those who lost loved ones, and the American people, had our sympathy. But how did the American Administration respond? Tragically, very badly. There...
“Terrorism and Other Threats to Humanity” by Sir Joseph Rotblat – 5th World Summit Of Nobel Peace Laureates: Session 3 – Rome, Italy
International terrorism and nuclear weapons are two areas of the greatest concern to world security at the present time. President George W. Bush said the following about nuclear weapons: "They are the pre-eminent threat to international security." With this statement...
The Iraq Inspection Worked, Lies Have Consequences 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 in increasing poverty and insecurity. Did this happen...
“Citizens of the World, Unite” 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 2000, he completed a book entitled "The Sovereignty...
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