Jan 30, 2019 | News and Updates, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
The Basel Peace Office, Mayors for Peace, the World Future Council and GSI program Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament have issued a joint appeal from American and European Mayors, parliamentarians, policy experts and civil society...
Jan 29, 2019 | GSI News, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Co-President, Senator Ed Markey, and Congressman Ted Lieu, re-introduced legislation today to curtail Presidential power over the use of nuclear weapons. We are very pleased to share this important...
Dec 12, 2018 | Books, Nonpartisan Security Group
A book from 2006 has suddenly become not only relevant but critical in 2018. The choices the president makes with regard to atomic weapons can change the course of human history and affect the lives of billions of people. In At the Borderline of Armageddon, James...
Dec 5, 2018 | Bipartisan Security Group, Nonpartisan Security Group, Russia, U.S.
A group of cybersecurity, national security and legal experts [including NSG member Suzanne Spaulding,] is warning that Russia’s efforts to weaken America’s democratic institutions aren’t limited to elections — but also extend to the U.S. justice system. “While we all...
Nov 27, 2018 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, GSI Programs, Nonpartisan Security Group, Nuclear Proliferation
In an episode of the “Titans of Nuclear” series, Ambassador Thomas Graham discusses his personal journey to Ambassador of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, his role in the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and the role of...
Sep 18, 2018 | GSI Programs, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
It is unconscionable that any one person – no matter who it is– has the sole ability to end civilization as we know it. As it stands, President Trump can simply launch a nuclear weapon on a whim and no one can stop him.In 2017, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Ca.) and...
Sep 15, 2018 | Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
‘Imagine if nuclear weapons were used on the Korean Peninsula, either by the DPRK or the United States. The devastation to humans, infrastructure and the environment would likely be catastrophic even if it were only one or two nukes detonated,’ said Alyn...
Sep 14, 2018 | Nonpartisan Security Group, U.S.
Describing himself as a “skunk at the garden party,” former U.S. secretary of state John Kerry found himself in San Francisco speaking to an older, eager crowd Thursday afternoon. Throughout the event, Kerry heavily emphasized his concerns about climate change and the...
Jun 27, 2018 | Books, GSI News, Middle Powers Initiative, News and Updates, Newsletter
Tarja Cronberg holds two Ph.D. degrees, in technology and business. A Finnish Green League politician, she chaired her party from 2005 until 2009 and served as a member of the European Parliament from 2011 until 2014. She served as Head of the European...
May 25, 2018 | Nonpartisan Security Group, U.S.
In February, Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats deemed cyberwarfare the No. 1 threat to the United States. Yet this month, new national security adviser John Bolton decided to eliminate the cybersecurity coordinator position on the National Security...
Oct 2, 2017 | China, Denuclearization, Disarmament, France, GSI Programs, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, North Korea, NPT, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations
Presently, the entire world is hostage to a nuclear crisis expressed in the language of war and destruction by the leaders of North Korea and the United States We can look over the abyss and the reality of the consequence of the uses of nuclear weapons strikes...
Sep 17, 2017 | Dr. Jane Goodall, GSI Programs, Human Rights, Inspiration, Jonathan Granoff
Dear Friends, On Sunday, September 17, in cooperation with ICV and the Franklin Institute, Mr. Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, engaged in a riveting discussion with his good friend GSI Advisory Board member Dr. Jane Goodall at...
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...
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 22, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, GSI Programs, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Policy Briefs and Reports, United Nations
Far from extinguishing hopes for progress in nuclear disarmament, the violence-torn summer of 2014– televised killings in Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, and Iraq– should remind us of the inarguable imperative of prohibiting and eliminating nuclear weapons. The...
Sep 19, 2014 | Douglas Roche, Human Rights, Middle Powers Initiative, Op Eds, United Nations
The failure of the major powers to overcome their narrow, short-term interests has crippled the UN’s ability to enforce the peace and security of the world. by Douglas Roche, O.C. This article was originally published in Embassy magazine, September 17, 2014. Special...
Mar 18, 2014 | Global Security Institute, GSI News, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
The Global Security Institute (GSI) offers its heartfelt congratulations to two former and founding members of the Bipartisan Security Group and two outstanding members of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, both programs of GSI. The public...
Mar 3, 2014 | Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Legislators and disarmament experts from around the world meeting in Washington, D.C. last week called on the leaders of the nuclear weapon states, and other states participating in the forthcoming Nuclear Security Summit to commence a high level process to...
Feb 20, 2014 | Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Climbing The Mountain: Legislators collaborating on bilateral, plurilateral and global measures towards a secure nuclear-weapons-free-world Parliamentary Conference and PNND Annual Assembly February 25-27, 2014 — Washington, DC Hosted by Honorary Chair US...
Dec 23, 2013 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Bipartisan Security Group, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, GSI News, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
December 23, 2013 Dear friend, The Global Security Institute makes our voices for a safer world impact where it matters–decision makers in Washington, capitals around the world, and the United Nations. Your investment in its work will make a difference. My work...
Dec 11, 2013 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Bipartisan Security Group, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, United Nations
On December 11, 2013, the Global Security Institute (GSI), in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), hosted an informal roundtable discussion with presentations by Ambassador Libran Cabactulan of the Phillippines, President of the 2010 Review Conference...
Dec 2, 2013 | DPE, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Video Blog
On December 2, 2013, Harvard Divinity School (HDS) convened a group of practitioners and scholars to explore the ways that people of different religions can work together to end violence—and what universities can do to facilitate this process. HDS professor Diana L....
Nov 14, 2013 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, GSI Programs, Jonathan Granoff, Robert Grey, U.S., United Nations
“There is nothing else like it,” said senior advisor to the U.N. Foundation Gillian M. Sorensen of the United Nations at the International Law Society’s Distinguished Speaker Series event held on Wednesday, November 14th in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom on Widener...
Nov 7, 2013 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Bipartisan Security Group, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Disarmament and Peace Education, Michael Douglas, Policy Briefs and Reports
The Global Security Institute (GSI) remains committed to achieving a permanent prohibition against nuclear weapons testing. A New Proposal We are engaged in expert consultations based on a new proposal by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr., Chairman of GSI’s...
Oct 24, 2013 | Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
The network of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament engages parliamentarians from around the world on a cross-party basis in key nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament issues, initiatives, and forums, contributing considerably to the...
