Dec 1, 2002 | Disarmament and Peace Education, Global Terrorism, India, NATO, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S.
The Case for Nuclear Abolition GSI Factsheet If we fail in our efforts to address nuclear weapons and civilization is destroyed and humanity exterminated, no other issues will matter. Of all the great issues we confront at the dawn of the new millennium, nuclear...
Oct 5, 2002 | Douglas Roche, Human Rights, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Middle Powers Initiative, U.S., United Nations
Financial Times October 5, 2002 From Senator Douglas Roche and Mr Jonathan Granoff. Sir, If Iraq is developing weapons of mass destruction, their control and elimination must be done in an effective manner that reinforces international stability. It is in the utmost...
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...
Aug 1, 2002 | Biothreats, Bipartisan Security Group, U.S., Weaponization of Space
This article is based on a longer paper prepared for the 52nd Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs in LaJolla, California, August 10-14, 2002. What positive and constructive role can the United States play in controlling the weaponisation of space?...
May 21, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Douglas Roche, Dr. Jane Goodall, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
May 21, 2002 The Global Security Institute was pleased to provide analysis of the recently-signed nuclear arms agreement between the US and Russia during an interview with Voice of America Radio, which reaches a global audience. To listen to a brief audio clip, please...
May 21, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Ambassador Henrik Salander, Denuclearization, Douglas Roche, Dr. Jane Goodall, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S., Uncategorized, United Nations
The Global Security Institute was pleased to provide analysis of the recently-signed nuclear arms agreement between the US and Russia during an interview with Voice of America Radio, which reaches a global audience. To listen to a brief audio clip, please visit...
May 8, 2002 | Global Security Institute, Media, U.S.
Opinion May 8, 2002 To the Editor: Re “U.S. Rejects All Support for New Court on Atrocities” (news article, May 7): The Bush administration’s repudiation of the International Criminal Court is a grave disappointment with lasting, harmful...
Apr 21, 2002 | Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NPT, Russia, U.S.
Voice of America Radio May 21, 2002 The Global Security Institute was pleased to provide analysis of the recently-signed nuclear arms agreement between the US and Russia during an interview with Voice of America Radio, which reaches a global audience. To listen to a...
Apr 19, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Ambassador Henrik Salander, China, Denuclearization, France, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., Uncategorized, United Nations
SUMMARY An exercise in frustration, the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2005 Review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty dashed the hopes raised at the 2000 Review for serious progress on nuclear disarmament. Not only did the Nuclear Weapons...
Apr 9, 2002 | Global Terrorism, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S., United Nations
United Nations New York April 9, 2002 Presented at the Closing Ceremony of the 2002 Gandhi and King Season for Nonviolence Cosponsored by: Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations, The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for...
Apr 8, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Ambassador Henrik Salander, Biothreats, Denuclearization, Douglas Roche, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Middle Powers Initiative, Nobel Summit, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Rose Gottemoeller, Russia, U.S., United Nations
New York April 8, 2002 On April 8, 2002 the opening day of the 2002 NPT Review Conference Preparatory Committee, the Middle Powers Initiative, a program of the Global Security Institute, hosted a Strategy Consultation at the United Nations in New York. The Strategy...
Apr 8, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Bipartisan Security Group, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, DPE, Global Terrorism, India, Iraq, Israel, Middle Powers Initiative, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, U.S., United Nations
Global Security Institute April 8-19, 2002 SUMMARY An exercise in frustration, the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2005 Review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty dashed the hopes raised at the 2000 Review for serious progress on nuclear disarmament....
Apr 4, 2002 | Disarmament, DPE, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., United Nations
13. NGO Statements: 14 Presentations 13.1The PrepComm devoted the whole of Wednesday morning of the first week to hearing 14 NGO Statements. The exercise was convened by Reaching Critical Will, a project of the Women’s International League for Peace and...
Mar 12, 2002 | China, Denuclearization, Douglas Roche, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., Weaponization of Space
March 12, 2002 Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate US political and legal obligations. The NPR is a...
Mar 12, 2002 | Canada, China, Douglas Roche, France, India, Israel, Media, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S.
Tuesday, March 12, 2002 The idea of waging nuclear war is taking flight in Washington. Canada must protest, says DOUGLAS ROCHE, former chair of the UN Disarmament Committee. Nuclear weapons are back on the front pages, with news of a Bush administration policy...
Mar 12, 2002 | Canada, China, Douglas Roche, Iran, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, Libya, NATO, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., Uncategorized
Pentagon Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in US Nuclear Doctrine Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate...
Mar 2, 2002 | Canada, China, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, France, India, Israel, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S.
A)- Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate US political and legal obligations. The NPR is a political...
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...
Feb 14, 2002 | Denuclearization, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S., U.S. Congress
February 14, 2002 In December 2001, the Washington Post reported that some officials in the Bush administration were advocating the development of a new “usable” nuclear weapon or “mini-nuke.” Additional news articles in January 2002,...
Jan 1, 2002 | Cold War, India, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., Uncategorized
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 submarines, remain on a Cold War level of hair-trigger alert, ready to...
Dec 4, 2001 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Douglas Roche, Jonathan Granoff, Media, North Korea, Russia, U.S., Weaponization of Space
December 4, 2001 PHILADELPHIA: On the eve of the Bush Administration’s December 3 test of an anti-ballistic missile interceptor, a group of experts gathered in Philadelphia’s Friends Conference Center for a conference addressing the implications of missile...
Dec 4, 2001 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Canada, Douglas Roche, Global Terrorism, Jonathan Granoff, U.S., Weaponization of Space
PHILADELPHIA: On the eve of the Bush Administration’s December 3 test of an anti-ballistic missile interceptor, a group of experts gathered in Philadelphia’s Friends Conference Center for a conference addressing the implications of missile defense on the...
Dec 1, 2001 | Denuclearization, Douglas Roche, Global Terrorism, Media, NPT, Russia, U.S., United Nations
14. Reducing Nuclear Danger: Priority Points 14.1A number of delegations referred to a recent report, “Reducing Nuclear Danger,” published by the U.N.’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters <...
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....
Oct 8, 2001 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Denuclearization, Global Terrorism, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S., United Nations
October 8, 2001 I begin by congratulating you, Mr. Chairman, upon your election to guide the work of this Committee. Your distinguished career equips you well for the tasks ahead — a career that, in the disarmament area, features your prominent role in the...