May 14, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, U.S., United Nations
opening remarks by Jonathan Granoff at the event “Nuclear Weapons and the Moral Compass” co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Philippines and the Global Security Institute United Nations Trusteeship Council Chamber April 30, 2014 Sometimes a...
Apr 5, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, NPT, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, United Nations
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has 190 member States, more than any other treaty addressing weapons. From April 28-May 9, 2014 its members met in the Trusteeship Council chambers of the United Nations in New York City and failed to make progress on reducing no...
Mar 24, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Newsletter
Kudos to The Nuclear Security Summit March 20, 2014: The Global Security Institute congratulates the heads of state and government gathering in The Hague on March 24-25 for their work in improving the security of nuclear...
Mar 17, 2014 | Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds
Lead article published in Eruditio, the e-journal of the World Academy of Art and Science, March 14, 2014 Today’s global threats require a cooperative response. The ongoing cycle of fear −wherein armaments spread insecurity and insecurity...
Mar 5, 2014 | Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, News and Updates
UPDATED March 27 March 5, 2014: The risks of escalation in the Ukraine must not be ignored. The Global Security Institute believes that a deeper understanding of the dynamics at work is imperative. Many in the media are quick to frame this in neo-Cold War, United...
Feb 3, 2014 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, France, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, NPT, Senator Ed Markey
February 3, 2014 The Global Security Institute (GSI) works to strengthen international cooperation based on the rule of law, with a particular focus on achieving the security of a world without nuclear weapons. You can support our work by sharing this eNews with...
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 | 9-11, Ambassador Thomas Graham, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, United Nations
On December 2, 2013, Harvard University Divinity School (HDS) convened a group of scholars, practitioners, and advocates to address “Religions and Peace: Do Universities Have a Role?” for a public panel followed by an in-depth evening discussion at HDS...
Nov 26, 2013 | Events, Human Rights
WHEN: Monday, December 2, 2013; 5:15 pm to 7:00 pm WHERE: Sperry Room, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA WHAT: For much of history since WWII, religious conflict has plagued civilization. In the Middle East, Israeli Jews fight Muslim and Christian...
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...
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 31, 2013 | Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds
We are the first civilization in which the pursuit of the real and the good has become separated. The current predominant worldview adopts the scientific method as the singular legitimate method of discovering the truth. It relies on prediction, repetition, control,...
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 26, 2013 | Biothreats, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, News and Updates
Paul Walker, International Program Director for Global Green, the US branch of Green Cross, was today honored as one of the three recipients for 2013 of the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes referred to as the ‘Alternative Nobel Peace Prize’. GSI and PNND...
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...
Sep 13, 2013 | Biothreats, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations, Weapons of Mass Destruction
http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013/09/12/its-time-make-middle-east-wmd-free Eliminating the chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria through international cooperation and bringing Syria into full compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention would be a public good for...
Aug 29, 2013 | Biothreats, Human Rights, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds, United Nations
We can hear the drum beats of war again. Syria certainly appears to have committed heinous acts. The rebels may also have done so as well. Chemical weapons have not been the only horrific means of injuring innocent people. Tens of thousands have died and millions of...
Jun 11, 2013 | Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, United Nations
The Inter-Parliamentary Union, the focal point for worldwide parliamentary dialogue working to establish representative democracy and promote peace and cooperation among peoples, together with the GSI program, the network of Parliamentarians for 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...
Feb 28, 2013 | Events, Global Security Institute, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, United Nations
February 22-23, 2013 Creating the Conditions and Building the Framework for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World was the title of the Middle Power Initiative’s Berlin Framework Forum, a new initiative designed to help implement the decisions of the 2010 NPT Review...
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...
Dec 12, 2012 | Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Inspiration, Jonathan Granoff, Nuclear Proliferation, Speeches & Presentations, United Nations
presentation delivered at the Rotary Club Breakfast United Nations, New York City It is an honor to speak to you today. Rotary Clubs inspire at personal, local and global levels. Whether it is to remind an individual business man that his decisions matter or...
