May 25, 2005 | Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Iran, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S.
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up The United States is sending the wrong signal to signatories of the global pact against nuclear weapons by backing out of previous arms control...
May 24, 2005 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Disarmament, DPE, Global Security Institute, Iran, NATO, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S., United Nations
United Nations – U.S. and NATO nuclear policies are immoral, dangerous and destructive for the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, a former Defense Secretary from the Vietnam War era, Robert McNamara, said on Tuesday. McNamara, who spoke at a conference...
May 24, 2005 | Global Security Institute, Hiroshima, Iran, NATO, North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said Tuesday he feared the U.N. nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference will...
May 24, 2005 | China, France, Iran, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations Security Council
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up The U.N. Secretary-General and Security Council should take on the job of blocking the spread of nuclear weapons if the troubled conference on the...
May 17, 2005 | Cold War, DPE, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation
Fifty years ago, I joined Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell and eight others in signing a manifesto warning of the dire consequences of nuclear war. This statement, the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, was Einstein’s final public act. He died shortly after signing...
May 10, 2005 | Biothreats, Denuclearization, Disarmament, DPE, Global Security Institute, Iran, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, North Korea, NPT, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S., United Nations
“The United States could not preach temperance from a barstool”, United States Congressman Ed Markey said yesterday at a Headquarters press conference, referring to the United States’ interest in developing a nuclear...
May 9, 2005 | China, Disarmament, Events, France, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Read the UN Press Briefing On May 9th, the Global Security Institute, in partnership with The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission and the Simons...
May 2, 2005 | DPE, Global Security Institute, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S.
As the review conference of the Nonproliferation Treaty convenes in New York this month, we can only be appalled at the indifference of the United States and the other nuclear powers. This indifference is remarkable, considering the addition of Iran and North Korea as...
Mar 28, 2005 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Biothreats, Cold War, DPE, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, News and Updates, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
Gorbachev Expected to Call for a New Era of Glasnost and Perestroika for Addressing the Continued, Dangerous Existence of Nuclear Arsenals Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell To Preside Over United Nations Ceremony NEW YORK, March 28 2005-Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev...
Mar 28, 2005 | DPE, Egypt, India, Iran, NATO, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S.
Renewal talks for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are scheduled for May, yet the United States and other nuclear powers seem indifferent to its fate. This is remarkable, considering the addition of Iran and North Korea as states that either possess or seek...
Mar 25, 2005 | Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
Dear Friend: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is essential to global security. It establishes a legal and moral norm to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and obtain their global elimination. Its future is at risk. The Global Security Institute is...
Feb 19, 2005 | Biothreats, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Dr. Jane Goodall, Inspiration, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S.
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Atlanta, GA — When you hear “Jane Goodall,” think of a growing worldwide movement to abolish nuclear weapons. Why? Because, Dr....
Feb 18, 2005 | China, Disarmament, DPE, Dr. Jane Goodall, France, Global Security Institute, India, Israel, Middle Powers Initiative, NATO, NPT, Pakistan, Rose Gottemoeller, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations
Contact: Zachary Allen, Tel: 415-397-6760, zack@gsinstitute.org SAN FRANCISCO-Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter recently hosted a consultation of diplomats and government officials at The Carter Center. The Consultation sought to preserve and strengthen the Nuclear...
Jan 25, 2005 | Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Hiroshima, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, Nagasaki, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Robert Grey, United Nations
Dear Friend: The Global Security Institute joins in offering condolences and support to the survivors of the recent tsunami. In the midst of an inspiring outpouring of caring for those injured by world’s worst natural disaster of modern times, where thousands...
Nov 12, 2004 | Cold War, DPE, Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
From 10-13 November, twenty-three Nobel peace laureates and laureate organizations met in Rome, Italy for the 5th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. As in previous years, their annual Summit was organized by the Gorbachev Foundation and co-hosted by former Soviet...
Nov 12, 2004 | Events, Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up From 10-13 November, twenty-five Nobel Peace Laureates and their organizations met in Rome, Italy to consider vital issues of multi-ethnicity, human...
Nov 12, 2004 | Cold War, DPE, GSI News, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
Introduction Saadi, the Persian poet of the 13th century, sang: The human family is one body with many parts Creations arising from one unseen essence Any harm to any part summons an awakening a dis-ease and a healing response from all parts You who fail to feel the...
Nov 12, 2004 | Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Nobel Peace Summit 2004: A Call For Freedom Rome, Italy November 12, 2004 Under the high patronage of the President of the Italian...
Nov 12, 2004 | Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, GSI News, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, News and Updates, North Korea, UK, United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Final Statement of the 5th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Rome, Italy November 12, 2004 Under the high patronage of the President of the...
Nov 11, 2004 | Cold War, Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, U.S., United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Remarks by Mary Ellen McNish Secretary General, American Friends Service Committee Before I begin my short remarks I feel I must, as an American,...
Nov 11, 2004 | China, Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Remarks by M S Swaminathan President, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World AffairsI. Guiding principles of ethical economics Spreading the concept...
Nov 11, 2004 | Disarmament and Peace Education, DPE, Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit
Remarks by Alyn Ware, International Coordinator, Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament Note: This presentation included slides of peace education in action. Most of the photos and additional information is available from the New Zealand Ministry of Education...
Nov 11, 2004 | DPE, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Iraq, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, Russia, U.S.
Dialogue between Gunnar Westberg, MD, Co-President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) & Alex Rosen, Medical Student representative to the Board of IPPNW G: We are sometimes told that terrorism is the greatest threat in...
Nov 11, 2004 | 9-11, DPE, Global Terrorism, GSI Programs, Human Rights, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S., UK, United Nations
Dear Friends, On 11th September, people everywhere were shocked into the realization that we live in a dangerous world. Those who lost loved ones, and the American people, had our sympathy. But how did the American Administration respond? Tragically, very badly. There...
Nov 11, 2004 | Cold War, DPE, Global Terrorism, Hiroshima, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., United Nations
International terrorism and nuclear weapons are two areas of the greatest concern to world security at the present time. President George W. Bush said the following about nuclear weapons: “They are the pre-eminent threat to international security.” With...
Nov 10, 2004 | DPE, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, Speeches & Presentations
Speech by Paul A. Lacey, Clerk, American Friends Service Committee I will concentrate on two aspects of the same problem: the threat of terror and the danger of the War on Terror. I speak as a Quaker pacifist and as an American citizen, fully recognizing that terror...