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...
Nov 4, 2013 | Ambassador Henrik Salander, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Global Security Institute, Speeches & Presentations, United Nations
On November, 2, 2013, Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., delivered remarks at the American Physical Society Forum on Physics and Society, centered on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and its relationship to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. In it, he...
Oct 28, 2013 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Disarmament, Events, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, U.S., United Nations
On October 28, 2013, the Global Security Institute hosted a luncheon event at the United Nations titled “Nuclear Weapons: Threats and Solutions,” featuring UN High Representative Angela Kane and former US Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. The event was co-hosted by the...
Sep 19, 2013 | Biothreats, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Terrorism, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., United Nations
This article originally appeared in the InterPress Service HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, U.S., Sep 18 2013 (IPS) – Every nation in the world has been invited to participate at the highest political level in the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear...
Apr 9, 2013 | 9-11, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, Nuclear Proliferation, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Policy Briefs and Reports
April 9, 2013– Government diplomats, UN officials, disarmament researchers, policy analysts, academics and representatives of non-governmental organizations attended the launch on April 9 of Moving Beyond Nuclear Deterrence to a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World, the...
Jan 25, 2013 | Disarmament, GSI Programs, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
January 2013 Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND), a program of GSI, published the thirty-third edition of its global newsletter, PNND Update. This multimedia-rich resource includes vital information for parliamentarians, their staff,...
Jan 18, 2013 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative
I myself have no arms to hug you, but a heart as big as the open space of Kazakhstan ready to embrace the world for peace and nuclear disarmament. Karipbek Kuyukov, Honorary ATOM Project Ambassador The ATOM Project, an exciting new initiative to build global support...
Jan 18, 2013 | China, Cold War, Denuclearization, Disarmament, France, GSI News, India, Israel, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations, Weapons of Mass Destruction
“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...
Nov 30, 2012 | Biothreats, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Op Eds
Listening to today’s candidates –at any level — one would not know that, historically, Republicans have been instrumental in advancing arms control, nonproliferation, and nuclear disarmament. That is, until the recent Bush administration. In fact,...
Oct 21, 2012 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, United Nations
Nearly 1000 parliamentarians from 150 parliaments (including most of those from nuclear weapons-possessing countries) will gather in Quebec City for the 127th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly from October 21-26th 2012. PNND and IPU will use the occasion to...
Aug 3, 2012 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, Events, Global Security Institute, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT
August 3, 2012: The former Mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba, has been appointed Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI), David Krieger, Chairman of MPI’s Executive Committee, announced today. He hailed Akiba, one of the world’s foremost...
Jul 26, 2012 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Visions Can Be Fulfilled 1. A Message from the President 2. DPE Activities – GSI hosts Ban Ki-moon on UN Day – Promoting the SG’s Five Point Proposal – Advancing International Humanitarian Law – Launching Nuclear Abolition Forum – A...
Jul 26, 2012 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Hiroshima, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Russia, U.S.
See below for two new pieces on START– the new treaty between the US and Russia which aims to reduce each country’s arsenal to no more than 1,550 deployed warheads– by GSI leadership. Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.’s letter to the editor on...
Jul 26, 2012 | Disarmament, Disarmament and Peace Education, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Nuclear Proliferation
The Chatauqua Institution offers an annual retreat in western New York State where the human spirit is renewed, minds stimulated, faith restored and the arts valued. This year, an entire week will be devoted to discussions of nuclear...
Jul 26, 2012 | Disarmament, Global Security Institute, GSI News, Newsletter, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
PNND Members in leadership positions worldwide The Global Security Institute and Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament extend their most heartfelt congratulations to PNND Friend Laura Chinchilla for her successful election to the Presidency of...
Nov 29, 2011 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff
On November 29, 2011, the Widener University School of Law hosted BSG Chairman Thomas Graham for “A Discussion on Nuclear Disarmament with a Great American Ambassador” featuring US Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. Ambassador Graham, chairman of the Bipartisan...
Oct 24, 2011 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Global Security Institute, Nuclear Proliferation, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, United Nations
Monday October 24, 2011 Hosted by the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations On October 24, 2011, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) and the Parliamentarian Network for Conflict Prevention (a project of the East-West...
Oct 23, 2011 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Global Security Institute, NPT, Robert Grey, United Nations
Forty diplomats and civil society experts gathered at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations to participate in a workshop titled “Nuclear Weapons Convention or Framework of Agreements: Exploring Proposals for Nuclear Disarmament,” organized as an...
Oct 23, 2010 | Disarmament, Douglas Roche, Events, Global Security Institute, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
MPI Event Report October 18, 2010 (L-R): Ambassador Cabactulan, Senator Roche, Ambassador Strohal and Alyn Ware During the panel, “Routes to Elimination,” on October 18, the President of the 2010 NPT Review Conference called on middle power...
Sep 20, 2010 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT
Summary Report (L-R): Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute; H.E. Libran Cabactulan, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations; former UN Under-Secretary General Jayantha Dhanapala; UN High Representative for...
Apr 14, 2010 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, NPT, Russia, U.S.
April 14, 2010 The Middle Powers Initiative, based on the results of the Atlanta Consultation III and the series of Article VI Forums, recommends the following policy options to the 2010 NPT Review Conference: 1. Disarmament: Reaffirm the unequivocal undertaking to...
Oct 26, 2009 | Disarmament, Newsletter, Nuclear Proliferation, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Alyn Ware, Global Coordinator for the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, will receive the 2009 Right Livelihood Award in recognition of “his effective and creative advocacy and initiatives over two decades to further peace education...
Sep 24, 2009 | Ambassador Henrik Salander, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations, United Nations Security Council
When the UN Security Council convenes its summit meeting on September 24 with US President Barack Obama presiding, the Council has a unique opportunity to pronounce itself on one of most vital issues before the international community: nuclear non-proliferation and...
Jul 14, 2009 | Biothreats, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter
July 14, 2009 Jonathan Granoff receives Distinguished Alumni Award from Rutgers University Law School 11th Distinguished Service Award to presented to the Honourable Douglas Roche, O.C., Chairman Emeritus of the Middle Powers Initiative GSI President Receives...
Sep 25, 2008 | Disarmament, Global Security Institute, India, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, United Nations
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...
Jan 25, 2008 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Disarmament and Peace Education, Douglas Roche, Global Terrorism, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations Security Council
Report from GSI President Jonathan Granoff, an IPB Representative to the Nobel Peace Laureate Summit On January 28, 2008, President Mikhail Gorbachev and I were hosted to breakfast and a private meeting with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown, at...
