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A Personal Appeal from Jonathan Granoff

 “While we sleep, death is awake. Death keeps watch from the warehouses that store more than 23,000 nuclear warheads, like 23,000 eyes open and waiting for a moment of carelessness.”  – Former President of Costa Rica, Nobel Laureate, and...

Congratulations to GSI Senior Officer Rhianna Tyson Kreger

We are extremely pleased that GSI Senior Officer Rhianna Tyson Kreger is the new Managing Editor for The Nonproliferation Review, the peer-reviewed journal published by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), based out of Monterey Institute for...

In Memoriam: Alan MacGregor Cranston

(June 19, 1914-December 31, 2000) A Statement by the Global Security Institute January 1, 2001 Obituary Senator Alan Cranston died standing up. While preparing to start a new day, the 86 year old father, grandfather, friend, and leader passed away standing at his...

GSI Announces Dr. James Martin as New Advisory Board Member

The Global Security Institute is very pleased to announce James Martin, Pulitzer-prize nominated author and world renown technology innovator and consultant, as our newest member of the GSI Board of Advisers. As one of the world’s foremost information technology...

In Memoriam: Hermann Scheer

(24 April 1944 – 15 October 2010)       PNND expresses our most profound sorrow for the passing of our good friend and long-time PNND member Dr Hermann Scheer. Dr Scheer was a dedicated and passionate leader in the movement to abolish nuclear...

April 20, 2007

The Global Security Institute endeavors to consistently provide relevant, insightful communications to advance the rule of law, the moral imperative to ensure a sustainable future and the elimination of nuclear weapons. We hope you find this material of value. April...

In Memoriam: H.E. President Janez Drnovšek

  H.E. President Janez Drnovšek (1950-2008)   The Global Security Institute mourns the loss of H.E. Mr. Janez Drnovšek, former President of Slovenia, who died in his home on February 23, 2008 in Zaplana, Slovenia, at the age of 57. President...

GSI eAlert: September 12, 2008

Dear friends, As the Global Security Institute prepares for a new season of activities to advance nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, we would like to pause and share a few words in memory of Dr. Alan Phillips. Dr. Phillips was an outstanding citizen, physician...

Top Five Actions for a Safer Planet

Make sure nuclear weapons are NOT here to stay. Concerned citizens everywhere are having their voices heard by joining the symphony to eliminate the global nuclear threat. Here are five SIMPLE steps that you can take right now that will help make the world a safer,...

In Memoriam: Theodore C. Sorensen

      A great champion of nuclear disarmament, Theodore C. Sorensen, died on Sunday at the age of 82. As the former Special Counsel to President John F. Kennedy, his was an important voice in the long struggle to, as President Kennedy said in his...

In Memoriam: Sir Joseph Rotblat

September 7, 2005 HONORING A MAN WHO REMEMBERED HIS HUMANITY Sir Joseph Rotblat (1908-2005) Dear Friends: One of the most engaged and well-respected members of the GSI Board of Advisors, Sir Joseph Rotblat, died on August 31, 2005. The world has lost one the...

A Message from GSI Board Member Christie Brinkley

    GSI President Jonathan Granoff, GSI Board Member Christie Brinkley and Nobel Peace Summit Award Recipient George Clooney This past December, the Nobel Peace Laureates gathered together in a Summit in Rome, and I had the privilege of joining GSI President...

In Memoriam: Robert McNamara

On July 6, 2009, Robert McNamara died. On behalf of the Global Security Institute, I offer our deepest condolences to his friends and family. We pray that he rests in eternal peace, forgiveness, and love.       Long before the creation of the Global...

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...

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...

“Reflections on Human Unity” by Jonathan Granoff – Presented at the 5th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates – Rome, Italy

Introduction Saadi, the Persian poet of the 13th century, sang: The human family is one body with many parts Creations arising from one unseen essence Any harm to any part summons an awakening a dis-ease and a healing response from all parts You who fail to feel the...

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...