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Former Canadian Prime Minister Joins the Middle Power Initiative – Did you Know? Facts About Nuclear Weapons?

Sep 9, 2002 | Douglas Roche, Global Terrorism, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, NATO, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia

SAN FRANCISCO–Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell has been appointed to the International Steering Committee of the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI), Senator Douglas Roche, MPI Chairman, announced today. Ms. Campbell will chair an MPI Strategy Consultation...

Symposium on South Asia by Policy Institute for Religion and State: Discussion on Dangers of Nuclear Weapons to Region – Jonathan Granoff, Douglas B. Shaw, Laxminarayan Ramdas, Feroze Hassan Khan, Nayyer Ali

Aug 2, 2002 | Cuba, India, Israel, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, U.S., United Nations

  South Asia experts, religious leaders, trade consultants and activists participated in a one-day symposium organized by the Policy Institute for Religion and State (PIRS) in Washington, D.C., on July 18 to discuss different issues confronting South Asia. Four...

The Middle Power Initiative and the Global Security Institute Link Arms for Disarmament – Activities and Categories

Jun 1, 2002 | Douglas Roche, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, Nobel Summit, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Uncategorized

  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...

GSI on Voice of America: Analysis of the Bush-Putin Arms Treaty / Middle Power Institute Initiative Events – Alan Cranston Peace Award

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...

Global Security Institute Supports and Informs Delegated at United Nations Nuclear Conference – Jane Goodall Presents First Alan Cranston Peace Award to Jayantha Dhanapala – Project Report

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...

The NPT: Crisis and Challenge Part I and Part II – Report and Assessment of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee Meeting – Summary

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...

Under-Secretary-General Jayantha Dhanapala Receives the Alan Cranston Peace Award Presented by Dr. Jane Goodall at a United Nations Ceremony Tuesday

Apr 16, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Ambassador Henrik Salander, Denuclearization, Dr. Jane Goodall, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Senator Alan Cranston

Media Advisory Contact Zack Allen: 415 254 5306 cell April 16, 2002 WHO Honoree: Jayantha DHANAPALA, UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Featured Speakers: Jane GOODALL, Ph.D., OCE, Primatologist; Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute Gillian SORENSEN,...

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

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...

Middle Power Initiative Strategy Consultation Report Respectfully Submitted to the States Parties of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

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...

The NPT: Crisis and Challenge (Part l) – Report and Assessment of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee Meeting by Senator Douglas Roche, O.C. Chairman, Middle Power Initiative – U.N. New York

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....

The Moral Imperative for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons by Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell- Speech to the U.N. NPT Preparatory Committee, U.N., N.Y.

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...

Nuclear Weapons and Human Security: Ending the Conflict – An Address to the Middle Power Initiative Strategy Consultation by Senator Douglas Roche – U.N/N.Y.

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...

Nuclear Weapons and Human Security: Ending the Conflict – An address to the Middle Power Initiative Strategy Consultation by Senator Douglas Roche, O.C. – U.N., N.Y.

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...

Pentagon Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in US Nuclear Doctrine by Jonathan Granoff

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...