Nov 12, 2001 | Global Terrorism, Iraq, Russia, United Nations
VIENNA, Nov. 10 – In the last year, there have been dozens of violations of nuclear security rules in Russia and at least one loss of fissile material; Taliban emissaries have tried to recruit Russian scientists, and terrorists have tried to stake out a...
Oct 21, 2001 | China, Europe, Global Terrorism, India, Media, Russia, U.S.
October 21, 2001 MOSCOW – In the past month, the world has witnessed something previously unknown: a common stand taken by America, Russia, Europe, India, China, Cuba, most of the Islamic world and numerous other regions and countries. Despite many serious...
Oct 21, 2001 | 9-11, Biothreats, China, Cold War, Cuba, Europe, Global Terrorism, India, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., Uncategorized, United Nations, United Nations Security Council
A Leading Role for the Security Council MOSCOW – In the past month, the world has witnessed something previously unknown: a common stand taken by America, Russia, Europe, India, China, Cuba, most of the Islamic world and numerous other regions and countries....
Sep 12, 2001 | Biothreats, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S.
September 12, 2001 SAN FRANCISCO: Tuesday morning’s attacks on the people of New York and Washington, DC are a stunning demonstration of humanity’s capability to reduce the best of what we are to rubble, smoke, and death. In the aftermath of such horror,...
Aug 13, 2001 | China, India, Iran, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, Libya, North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., United Nations, Weaponization of Space
Our Best Defense To the Editor: Conservatives and liberals alike should be wary of the alarmist rhetoric of Americans for Missile Defense (news article, Aug. 6). The coalition’s spokesman, Jeffrey Baxter, suggests that we need a missile defense rather...
Aug 13, 2001 | China, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., United Nations, Weaponization of Space
To the Editor: Conservatives and liberals alike should be wary of the alarmist rhetoric of Americans for Missile Defense (news article, Aug. 6). The coalition’s spokesman, Jeffrey Baxter, suggests that we need a missile defense rather than diplomacy:...
Aug 11, 2001 | China, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NPT, Russia, U.S., United Nations, Weaponization of Space
Missile Defense a Threat By Jonathan Dean and Jonathan Granoff Chicago Sun Times Commentary August 11, 2001 In their July 22 meeting in Genoa, Italy, President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to consider the topics of national missile defense and...
Jun 25, 2001 | China, Cold War, Denuclearization, Europe, Jonathan Granoff, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
June 25, 2001 U.S. Mayors Ask Bush to Commit to Eliminating Nuclear Weapons DETROIT: As President Bush addressed the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Detroit today, a statement from mayors of major cities in the U. S. and abroad was released, calling on him to reduce and...
Jun 14, 2001 | Cold War, Disarmament, Global Terrorism, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, 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 We, who have been chosen as their leaders by the people who live in many of the great cities of the world, hereby join in the calls made by many past...
Jun 12, 2001 | China, Media, Russia
Reuters June 12, 2001 WASHINGTON (Reuters): As President Bush opened his first trip to Europe with missile defense high on the agenda, congressional Democrats on Tuesday renewed their opposition to deploying a national missile defense before it is proven ready. At a...
Jun 12, 2001 | China, Russia, U.S.
WASHINGTON: Democrats on Capitol Hill condemned as unneeded and unworkable the national missile defense system that President Bush is trying to promote to U.S. allies during his current tour of Europe. While lawmakers often mute their criticisms of a president when he...
Apr 11, 2001 | Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NATO, NPT, Russia, U.S.
NGO Committee on Disarmament April 11, 2001 The Program of Action on Nuclear Disarmament adopted by consensus at the Sixth Review Conference of the NPT contains thirteen practical steps for the systematic and progressive efforts to implement Article 6 of the Treaty....
Apr 11, 2001 | Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NATO, NPT, Russia, U.S.
Panel Discussion April 11, 2001 TRANSCRIPT DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL OBJECTIVES Panel discussion held April 11, 2001 in the United Nations by the NGO Committee on Disarmament, in cooperation with the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs and the UN Department of...
Apr 11, 2001 | China, Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Russia, U.S., United Nations
DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL OBJECTIVES Panel discussion held April 11, 2001 in the United Nations by the NGO Committee on Disarmament, in cooperation with the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs and the UN Department of Public Information. Panelists:...
Mar 7, 2001 | Jonathan Granoff, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S., United Nations
Questions and Answers About Thirteen Days with Ted Sorenson, Richard Butler, and Jonathan Granoff March 7, 2001 Q: I am a consultant from the United Nations. Do you think that the situation today has changed, and that we have reached a comfort zone with these weapons...
Mar 7, 2001 | Global Terrorism, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., United Nations
March 7, 2001 Jonathan Granoff (JG): We have the privilege of speaking with Ambassador Richard Butler. Why is Thirteen Days an important movie for the people to see? Richard Butler (RB): Jonathan, there have been two occasions which reveal the full power and horror of...
Mar 7, 2001 | Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NATO, Russia, U.S.
March 7, 2001 GRANOFF: We are privileged to have with us today Theodore C. Sorensen who was one of the key participants in helping to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. For eleven years, Mr. Sorensen served as a key policy advisor, legal counsel and...
Mar 7, 2001 | Cuba, Japan, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., United Nations
In order to stimulate discussion of past nuclear crises and current nuclear risks, the Global Security Institute hosted a screening of Thirteen Days, the critically acclaimed film about the Cuban Missile Crisis, on March 7 at the United Nations. Participants...
Feb 16, 2001 | China, India, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, Senator Ed Markey, U.S., U.S. Congress
GSI Report February 16, 2001 The Global Security Institute had a smooth transition of leadership in the wake of founder Senator Alan Cranston’s death on New Year’s Eve. The Board of Directors elected Jonathan Granoff as GSI President, and Kim Cranston,...
Feb 8, 2001 | China, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Ed Markey
The Washington Post February 8, 2001 On the long bus ride back from their weekend retreat in Pennsylvania, despondent Democrats watched “Thirteen Days,” the somber and gripping dramatization of the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. After it was over, they...
Jan 7, 2001 | Cold War, Global Terrorism, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S.
January 7, 2001 If the last century raised the awful prospect of nuclear Armageddon, the new one offers the world an opportunity to move back from the brink of destruction. Former President George Bush had the good fortune to preside over the end of the Cold...
Dec 31, 2000 | Jonathan Granoff, Media, NATO, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
GSI Report December 31, 2000 Without first increasing public awareness of nuclear dangers, progress in eliminating them is unlikely. For several years, Senator Cranston and Jonathan Granoff have worked extensively with veteran Sixty Minutes II producer George Crile,...
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...
Nov 18, 2000 | Cold War, Global Terrorism, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
Saturday, November 18, 2000 LOS ALTOS HILLS: Former U.S. Sen. Alan Cranston has become an abolitionist. With the same relentless, disciplined energy that characterized his 40-year career in Democratic politics, Cranston is leading a global crusade for the abolition of...
Jun 4, 2000 | China, Cold War, Media, NATO, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
June 4, 2000 When Air Force One touched down in Moscow yesterday, nuclear politics again took center stage, just as they did so often during the Cold War. Nearly three decades ago, the Nixon administration and the Brezhnev regime came to agreement on a “big...
Jun 4, 2000 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, China, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
YOU ARE POINTING a loaded machine gun at someone just a few feet away. His loaded machine gun is aimed at your chest. You’ve been doing this for 50 years, and now your adversary is weaker and less bellicose — but you still aren’t sure if you can...
