Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
Jun 12, 2019 | 9-11, Events, Global Terrorism, GSI News, Human Rights, Inspiration, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Senator Alan Cranston, Speeches & Presentations, Weapons of Mass Destruction
This week the Oslo Peace Center is hosting and event to address ways to advance greater levels of tolerance. I am pleased to be a speaker in a session with Nobel Peace Laureates Presidents Willem deKlerk and Lech Walesa. Below is the presentation that will be...
Nov 21, 2017 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, NATO, News and Updates, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, United Nations
Reposted from the Hill Times Last week’s papal speech is a reversal of a 35-year policy, which in the arcane world of Vatican diplomacy is not easy to do. VATICAN CITY—A new milestone in the moral rejection of nuclear weapons was reached at the Vatican last week when...
Sep 11, 2015 | Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, United Nations
September 2015 A Message from the President Dear friends, One of the most inspiring and unique inclusions in this eNewsletter is a a short report about the first International Day of Yoga, held at the United Nations, where I had the profound pleasure of...
Aug 18, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Op Eds, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
The following excerpt originally appeared on TheWeek.com on August 7, 2015. […] As preachers, we know that the Bible’s Psalms tell us that “the days of our years are threescore and ten.” By that counting, then, the bomb has grown old, too. As...
Jun 24, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
Advancing nuclear disarmament is the moral imperative of our time. The Global Security Institute is engaged in a campaign fusing the morality-based calls for nuclear abolition from respected religious leaders and faith-based organizations with the rising momentum...
Apr 9, 2015 | Cold War, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Human Rights, NPT, Op Eds, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Rose Gottemoeller, U.S., United Nations
The below article, regarding Pope Francis’ recent statement and the April 9 event which GSI co-hosted with the Holy See to highlight it, was originally published by TIME on Friday, April 10. The original version can be found here. By Elizabeth Dias –...
Apr 9, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Rose Gottemoeller, United Nations
Inspiration and Illumination at the United Nations A preliminary report on April 9, 2015 The Global Security Institute is profoundly honored to have co-hosted with the Holy See a remarkably inspirational event at the United Nations on April 9, 2015. Titled...
Apr 3, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, NPT, Photo Galleries, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
Events, reports, and analysis A Message From the President The necessity of human solidarity must not be trumped by the divisiveness of nuclear weapons. This was part of the historic message expressing the ideas of His Holiness Pope Francis shared at the recent...
Dec 8, 2014 | Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Video Blog
Emphasizing the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons continues to gain momentum as a viable approach to advancing nuclear disarmament. As part of this momentum, the Austrian government held the Third International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of...
Dec 1, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
MEDIA ADVISORY Religious Leaders Call for the Universal Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Vienna, December 1, 2014: Leaders from the World Evangelical Alliance, the United Religions Initiative, Religions for Peace, and the Global Security Institute...
Dec 1, 2014 | Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
The Permanent Mission of the Philippines, Religions for Peace, the Global Security Institute, the United Religions Initiative, and the World Evangelical Alliance invite you to a discussion on “Nuclear Weapons and the Moral Compass” ...
Sep 25, 2014 | Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
Originally published in the Huffington Post, September 23, 2014 by Jonathan Granoff I had the privilege of joining with several hundred thousand people who love the planet and all its inhabitants on September 21, 2014, in New York City. We walked through Manhattan...
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...
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...
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...
Jul 18, 2003 | Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, India, Jonathan Granoff, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, U.S., U.S. Congress
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up A PDF version of this report can be found here By Nadine M. Kjellberg July 18, 2002–WASHINGTON, DC–Addressing a spill over crowd of...
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...
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...
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 | 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...
Feb 17, 2002 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Cold War, Denuclearization, Dr. Jane Goodall, Jonathan Granoff, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, U.S.
HAVERFORD, PA: In a two-day event, organized by the Global Security Institute, convened by primatologist and GSI Advisor Jane Goodall, and chaired by GSI President Jonathan Granoff, more than 800 people gathered at Haverford College, near Philadelphia, to focus on how...
Dec 31, 2000 | Cold War, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Disarmament and Peace Education, DPE, NATO, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Russia, U.S.
Seven Steps the U.S. Can Take to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons GSI Factsheet 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...
Jun 21, 2000 | Cold War, Media, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
June 21, 2000 We, military professionals and religious leaders, have been brought together by a common conviction. We deeply believe that the long-term reliance on nuclear weapons in the arsenals of the nuclear powers, and the ever-present danger of their acquisition...
Jun 21, 2000 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Media, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
June 21, 2000 On June 21, 2000, religious and military leaders issued a call through Washington National Cathedral for the elimination of nuclear weapons. The Call by Military and Religious Leaders, endorsed by 18 retired flag-rank military officials and 21 heads of...
Jun 21, 2000 | Denuclearization, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, U.S.
Wednesday, June 21, 2000 We come together today from various religions in the common conviction that God acts and speaks into human history. This is the character of the revealed religions we represent. Our faith is rooted in God’s self-revelation, not human...
Jun 14, 2000 | Disarmament, Events, Global Security Institute, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Over three dozen high-ranking, retired military professionals and Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders will issue a joint call to eliminate nuclear...
