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,...
Nov 26, 2012 | India, Inspiration, Jonathan Granoff, United Nations
(L-R): Anwar ul Haque Chishty, Jonathan Granoff, Salman Chishty, Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, and Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri (photography credits: Jay Mandal) (UN Headquarters, New York): On the occasion of India’s Presidency of the UN Security Council, the...
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 15, 2012 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Events, Global Security Institute, Iran, Jonathan Granoff, North Korea, NPT, Rose Gottemoeller, U.S.
Law, US Security and Nuclear Weapons: The Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty and Beyond Ambassador Rose Gottemoeller Ambassador Thomas Graham On July 20, 2012, a dynamic and informative teleconference was convened by the International Law Section of the American Bar...
Aug 3, 2012 | Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Speeches & Presentations
Presentation by Jonathan Granoff, President Global Security Institute delivered to the Halki Summit on “Global Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability: A Conversation on Environment, Ethics, and Innovation” June 18-20, 2012 Istanbul, Turkey...
Aug 3, 2012 | Denuclearization, Global Security Institute, GSI News, Senator Alan Cranston
The Global Security Institute was founded in October of 1999 by Senator Alan Cranston (1914-2000) to continue and institutionalize a lifetime of dedicated work toward the elimination of nuclear weapons. Following Senator Cranston’s passing, his son, Kim Cranston, was...
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...
Aug 3, 2012 | Denuclearization, Events, Global Security Institute, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT
The Global Security Institute, the Middle Powers Initiative and the network of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament were actively engaged in the first Preparatory Committee conference of States parties to the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation...
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...
Jul 26, 2012 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, NPT
Dr. Deepak Chopra, one of the world’s most influential advocates of well being and peace, is featuring GSI President Jonathan Granoff on a series of interviews for his video blog, Intent, and Sirius Radio show. » Click here to watch clips from the first...
Jul 26, 2012 | Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, United Nations
Dear friends, This has been an historic week at the United Nations. The US President chairing a summit of the Security Council and its adoption of a far reaching resolution on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation is extraordinary. Moreover, it is indicative that...
Jul 25, 2012 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Bipartisan Security Group, Global Security Institute, Iran, Israel, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, NPT, Robert Grey, U.S.
Dear friends, We would like to draw your attention to the recent declaration of the Middle Powers Initiative on the US/Iran confrontation. Such a clear, powerful statement advocating for the resolution of differences through intensified diplomatic means is a welcomed...
Apr 23, 2012 | Denuclearization, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., Weaponization of Space
Forsaking Space Weapons Would Spur Peace Op-ed by Rhianna Tyson Tensions, it seems, between the US and Russia heighten daily. Increasingly hostile rhetoric is slung from both sides in a tactical volley best characterized as dumb and dumber. One side’s foolhardy plans...
Apr 20, 2012 | Events, Global Security Institute, United Nations
April 20, 2012 Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City » Download the full PDF report (includes transcript) How does, and how should, international humanitarian law (IHL) governing the conduct of warfare apply to nuclear weapons? On April 20, 2012, three highly qualified...
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...
Mar 1, 2011 | China, France, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S.
Japan Crisis Highlights the Dangers of Nuclearism Too many pundits on the airwaves and blogosphere are focused on the technological minutiae of what has– and continues– to go wrong at the Fukushima reactors in Japan. Too few are humble enough to...
Oct 23, 2010 | Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, U.S., United Nations
A stimulating panel, Humanitarian Law Versus Nuclear Weapons, took as its theme the international community’s reaffirmation earlier this year that law governing the conduct of warfare applies in the nuclear arena. The October 25 event at the UN was co-sponsored by the...
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...
Jun 26, 2010 | Biothreats, Bipartisan Security Group, Disarmament and Peace Education, Global Terrorism, Iran, NATO, Newsletter, North Korea, NPT, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
A Message from the President DPE Activities – UN Panel Event: Sustainable Security for the 21st Century – Calling for Cooperation in Iran – The Middle East and the NPT – NPT Strategy Session – Principles, Values and Global Security...
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...
