Global Security Institute
Sep 28, 2015 | Events, GSI Programs, Jonathan Granoff
The Global Security Institute is pleased to offer our very special friends and supporters an invitation to the United Nations’ celebration of the International Day of Non-Violence, sponsored by the Permanent Mission of India. On October 2, you are...
Sep 18, 2015 | Events, Global Security Institute, Inspiration, Jonathan Granoff
We are very pleased to invite you to the New York premiere of “The Man Who Saved the World,” a new film with appearances by Kevin Costner, Robert DeNiro, Matt Damon, Walter Cronkite, Ashton Kutcher, Jonathan Granoff, and many others. Watch the...
Sep 11, 2015 | Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, United Nations
September 2015 A Message from the President Dear friends, One of the most inspiring and unique inclusions in this eNewsletter is a a short report about the first International Day of Yoga, held at the United Nations, where I had the profound pleasure of...
Jun 24, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
Advancing nuclear disarmament is the moral imperative of our time. The Global Security Institute is engaged in a campaign fusing the morality-based calls for nuclear abolition from respected religious leaders and faith-based organizations with the rising momentum...
Jun 21, 2015 | Jonathan Granoff, Video Blog
On June 21, 2015, the United Nations hosted the first ever International Day of Yoga. Among the speakers at the commemoration was GSI President, Jonathan Granoff. In his remarks, Mr. Granoff stressed the importance of yoga and its wisdom as it relates to not...
Jun 21, 2015 | India, Inspiration, Jonathan Granoff, Photo Galleries, United Nations, Video Blog
June 21, 2015, the United Nations hosted the first ever International Day of Yoga. The official Indian government estimate cites an audience size in India alone of at least 500 million people and global participation of nearly 2 billion in over 190 countries and more...
Apr 28, 2015 | Douglas Roche, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, United Nations
For Immediate Release April 28, 2015: (New York) Can nuclear possessor states reconcile their use of—and threat to use—nuclear weapons with the laws of war? If so, how? Concurrently, can these states reconcile the use—and threat to use—nuclear weapons within...
Apr 24, 2015 | China, France, Global Security Institute, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., UK, Weapons of Mass Destruction
At the Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference later this month at the United Nations, the five nuclear weapon states recognized by the Treaty—the United States, Russia, Britain, France, and China—will come in for critical scrutiny from an international community...
Apr 14, 2015 | Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Video Blog
On April 24, 2015, GSI President Jonathan Granoff was invited to speak on behalf of civil society at the Third Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia. Watch his remarks: Third Conference of...
Apr 9, 2015 | Cold War, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Human Rights, NPT, Op Eds, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Rose Gottemoeller, U.S., United Nations
The below article, regarding Pope Francis’ recent statement and the April 9 event which GSI co-hosted with the Holy See to highlight it, was originally published by TIME on Friday, April 10. The original version can be found here. By Elizabeth Dias –...
Apr 9, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Rose Gottemoeller, United Nations
Inspiration and Illumination at the United Nations A preliminary report on April 9, 2015 The Global Security Institute is profoundly honored to have co-hosted with the Holy See a remarkably inspirational event at the United Nations on April 9, 2015. Titled...
Apr 3, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, NPT, Photo Galleries, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
Events, reports, and analysis A Message From the President The necessity of human solidarity must not be trumped by the divisiveness of nuclear weapons. This was part of the historic message expressing the ideas of His Holiness Pope Francis shared at the recent...
Mar 24, 2015 | Video Blog
On March 21, 2015, “Are We At Risk of Nuclear War?” was broadcast on Two Way Street, a program aired on 17 stations of the Georgia Public Broadcasting Network. For the panel, GSI President Jonathan Granoff joined Professor Mohammed Yunus, winner of the...
Mar 23, 2015 | Global Security Institute, Iran, Jonathan Granoff, Russia
While dangerous, one-dimensional soundbyte talking points dominate the media, it is our hope to offer a more nuanced, constructive analysis, firmly rooted in our commitment to the peaceful resolution of the differences between nations. If you find this material...
Mar 16, 2015 | Cold War, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, Op Eds, Russia, U.S.
The original article, which was published on March 16, 2015 in Russian by the TASS News Agency of Russia, can be found here. Below english translation provided by TASS News Agency of Russia. NEW YORK, March 16 /TASS/. Time for “new realism” has...
Mar 11, 2015 | Video Blog
On March 8, 2015, under the auspices of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum brought together scores of diplomats and civil society leaders to discuss “Inclusive and Sustainable Peacemaking and Peacebuilding.” Disarmament was the...
Dec 30, 2014 | Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds, United Nations
Open Letter sent to President Obama by GSI President Jonathan Granoff Dear Mr. President, Thanks to you, Mr. President, during your administration, the United States of America has made significant progress in numerous areas of immense importance: providing affordable...
Dec 18, 2014 | Video Blog
At the Vienna International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, the Permanent Mission of the Philippines, GSI, Religions for Peace, the United Religions Initiative, and the World Evangelical Alliance hosted an event “Nuclear Weapons and the...
Dec 10, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, GSI News, Hiroshima, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Nagasaki, Op Eds, United Nations
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 2014 (IPS) – Civil society groups are urging the U.N. General Assembly to pass a resolution declaring nuclear strikes on cities to be a clear-cut violation of international humanitarian law. At the Dec. 8-9 Vienna Conference on the...
Dec 8, 2014 | Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Video Blog
Emphasizing the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons continues to gain momentum as a viable approach to advancing nuclear disarmament. As part of this momentum, the Austrian government held the Third International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of...
Dec 1, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
MEDIA ADVISORY Religious Leaders Call for the Universal Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Vienna, December 1, 2014: Leaders from the World Evangelical Alliance, the United Religions Initiative, Religions for Peace, and the Global Security Institute...
Dec 1, 2014 | Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
The Permanent Mission of the Philippines, Religions for Peace, the Global Security Institute, the United Religions Initiative, and the World Evangelical Alliance invite you to a discussion on “Nuclear Weapons and the Moral Compass” ...
Nov 17, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, United Nations
Roundtable held at the United Nations on October 22, 2014 co-sponsored by the Global Security Institute and the Permanent Missions of Japan and the Netherlands to the UN On October 22, 2014, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Permanent Missions of...
Nov 5, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, United Nations
Events, reports, and analysis Mahatma Gandhi at the United Nations photo credit: Michael Greene A Message from the President On September 26, 2014, the United Nations commemorated the inaugural International Day for the Total...
Sep 26, 2014 | Video Blog
Presentation delivered on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations, New York, September 26, 2014, by Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute Download the transcript
Sep 26, 2014 | Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Senator Alan Cranston, Speeches & Presentations
Presentation delivered on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations, New York, September 26, 2014, by Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. President, Your Excellencies,...
