May 21, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Ambassador Henrik Salander, Denuclearization, Douglas Roche, Dr. Jane Goodall, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S., Uncategorized, United Nations
The Global Security Institute was pleased to provide analysis of the recently-signed nuclear arms agreement between the US and Russia during an interview with Voice of America Radio, which reaches a global audience. To listen to a brief audio clip, please visit...
May 10, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Douglas Roche, Global Terrorism, Media, Middle Powers Initiative, Nadine Kjellberg, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation
May 10, 2002 During the two weeks of the Preparatory Committee (April 8-19, 2002) for the upcoming 2005 Review of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty*, the Global Security Institute held several events at the United Nations for delegates, non-governmental...
Apr 21, 2002 | Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NPT, Russia, U.S.
Voice of America Radio May 21, 2002 The Global Security Institute was pleased to provide analysis of the recently-signed nuclear arms agreement between the US and Russia during an interview with Voice of America Radio, which reaches a global audience. To listen to a...
Apr 19, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Ambassador Henrik Salander, China, Denuclearization, France, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., Uncategorized, United Nations
SUMMARY An exercise in frustration, the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2005 Review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty dashed the hopes raised at the 2000 Review for serious progress on nuclear disarmament. Not only did the Nuclear Weapons...
Apr 16, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Biothreats, Cold War, Denuclearization, Disarmament, DPE, Dr. Jane Goodall, Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Hiroshima, Human Rights, Nagasaki, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Senator Alan Cranston, United Nations
Remarks upon Accepting the Alan Cranston Peace Award by Jayantha Dhanapala Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Award Ceremony Hosted by the Global Security Institute United Nations New York, NY 16 April 2002 Excellencies, friends and comrades – not...
Apr 8, 2002 | Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
New York April 8-19, 2002 The NPT should be supported by a permanent secretariat based at the United Nations. There needs to be a formal analysis of the best format for such a modest institutional requirement. NPT SECRETARIAT The NPT does not have a permanent...
Apr 8, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Ambassador Henrik Salander, Biothreats, Denuclearization, Douglas Roche, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Middle Powers Initiative, Nobel Summit, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Rose Gottemoeller, Russia, U.S., United Nations
New York April 8, 2002 On April 8, 2002 the opening day of the 2002 NPT Review Conference Preparatory Committee, the Middle Powers Initiative, a program of the Global Security Institute, hosted a Strategy Consultation at the United Nations in New York. The Strategy...
Apr 8, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Bipartisan Security Group, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, DPE, Global Terrorism, India, Iraq, Israel, Middle Powers Initiative, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, U.S., United Nations
Global Security Institute April 8-19, 2002 SUMMARY An exercise in frustration, the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2005 Review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty dashed the hopes raised at the 2000 Review for serious progress on nuclear disarmament....
Apr 8, 2002 | Events, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Ladies and Gentle Men: It is with a profound sense of responsibility that I stand to speak to you today on a subject of such urgency that no words are...
Apr 4, 2002 | Disarmament, DPE, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., United Nations
13. NGO Statements: 14 Presentations 13.1The PrepComm devoted the whole of Wednesday morning of the first week to hearing 14 NGO Statements. The exercise was convened by Reaching Critical Will, a project of the Women’s International League for Peace and...
Apr 4, 2002 | 9-11, Cold War, Disarmament, Disarmament and Peace Education, Douglas Roche, Hiroshima, Middle Powers Initiative, Nagasaki, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Twenty years ago, in 1982, a world commission led by the Swedish diplomat Inga Thorsson published a report on the relationship between disarmament and...
Apr 4, 2002 | Cold War, Disarmament, DPE, Hiroshima, Human Rights, Middle Powers Initiative, Nagasaki, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, NPT, United Nations
Twenty years ago, in 1982, a world commission led by the Swedish diplomat Inga Thorsson published a report on the relationship between disarmament and development. It set out the security options for governments: more money for arms or more money for economic and...
Mar 12, 2002 | China, Denuclearization, Douglas Roche, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., Weaponization of Space
March 12, 2002 Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate US political and legal obligations. The NPR is a...
Mar 12, 2002 | Canada, China, Douglas Roche, France, India, Israel, Media, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S.
Tuesday, March 12, 2002 The idea of waging nuclear war is taking flight in Washington. Canada must protest, says DOUGLAS ROCHE, former chair of the UN Disarmament Committee. Nuclear weapons are back on the front pages, with news of a Bush administration policy...
Mar 12, 2002 | Canada, China, Douglas Roche, Iran, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, Libya, NATO, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., Uncategorized
Pentagon Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in US Nuclear Doctrine Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate...
Mar 2, 2002 | Canada, China, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, France, India, Israel, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S.
A)- Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate US political and legal obligations. The NPR is a political...
Jan 1, 2002 | Douglas Roche, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation
In January 2002, the GSI Board of Directors and the MPI International Steering Committee unanimously endorsed a resolution accepting “the Middle Powers Initiative [www.middlepowers.org]as a program of the Global Security Institute.” GSI will now take...
Jan 1, 2002 | Cold War, India, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., Uncategorized
1. DE-ALERT ARSENALS Most Americans do not know that both the U.S. and Russia maintain a policy requiring that their nuclear arsenals, including more than 6000 strategic warheads in silos and submarines, remain on a Cold War level of hair-trigger alert, ready to...
Dec 1, 2001 | Denuclearization, Douglas Roche, Global Terrorism, Media, NPT, Russia, U.S., United Nations
14. Reducing Nuclear Danger: Priority Points 14.1A number of delegations referred to a recent report, “Reducing Nuclear Danger,” published by the U.N.’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters <...
Oct 8, 2001 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Denuclearization, Global Terrorism, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S., United Nations
October 8, 2001 I begin by congratulating you, Mr. Chairman, upon your election to guide the work of this Committee. Your distinguished career equips you well for the tasks ahead — a career that, in the disarmament area, features your prominent role in the...
Sep 23, 2001 | Global Terrorism, India, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan
September 23, 2001 Since World War II, humanity has mastered extraordinary challenges. We can orbit the earth. We can transplant organs. We can travel faster than sound, and we can communicate across the globe almost instantaneously. We can commit global suicide, too....
Sep 23, 2001 | Global Terrorism, India, Media, NPT, Pakistan, U.S.
Sunday, September 23, 2001 Since World War II, humanity has mastered extraordinary challenges. We can orbit the earth. We can transplant organs. We can travel faster than sound, and we can communicate across the globe almost instantaneously. We can commit global...
Aug 13, 2001 | China, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., United Nations, Weaponization of Space
To the Editor: Conservatives and liberals alike should be wary of the alarmist rhetoric of Americans for Missile Defense (news article, Aug. 6). The coalition’s spokesman, Jeffrey Baxter, suggests that we need a missile defense rather than diplomacy:...
Aug 11, 2001 | China, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NPT, Russia, U.S., United Nations, Weaponization of Space
Missile Defense a Threat By Jonathan Dean and Jonathan Granoff Chicago Sun Times Commentary August 11, 2001 In their July 22 meeting in Genoa, Italy, President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to consider the topics of national missile defense and...
Apr 11, 2001 | Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
April 11, 2001 TRANSCRIPT Panel discussion held April 11, 2001 in the United Nations by the NGO Committee on Disarmament, in cooperation with the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs and the UN Department of Public Information. Panelists: AMBASSADOR NORMAN WULF,...
Apr 11, 2001 | Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NATO, NPT, Russia, U.S.
NGO Committee on Disarmament April 11, 2001 The Program of Action on Nuclear Disarmament adopted by consensus at the Sixth Review Conference of the NPT contains thirteen practical steps for the systematic and progressive efforts to implement Article 6 of the Treaty....
