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UN Day 2011: Press Release

Ban Ki-moon To Call for Progress and Accountability on Nuclear Disarmament MEDIA ADVISORY For immediate release Inquiries: Greg Austin, EWI (212) 824-4100 and Jonathan Granoff, GSI: (484) 620-4967 On the occasion of United Nations Day, Monday, October 24,...

Photo Gallery: Article VI Forum, Dublin

March 28-30, 2008 Dr. Rebecca Johnson chaired Panel I. Baronness Shirley Williams is seated to her left. Ambassador Bernhard Brasack and Ambassador Nobuyasu Abe– former Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs– await Dr. Steven Miller’s...

Books: The Sovereignty Revolution

“Senator Alan Cranston was a passionate public servant, a true citizen of the world and an inspirational force for peace. The Sovereignty Revolution, finished shortly before his death, gives voice to his visionary understanding of how to create a world with more...

Books: Spy Satellites

Much has been said and written about the failure of U.S. intelligence to prevent the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and its overestimation of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction under Saddam Hussein. This book focuses instead on the central role that...

Books: Towards a Nuclear Weapon Free World

» Receive a signed copy with your contribution of $200 or more to the Global Security Institute. Towards a Nuclear Weapon Free World Edited by Manpreet Sethi “Towards a Nuclear Weapon Free World” features the presentations made at the 2008 high-level...

Books: War in Heaven

When most of us think about the potential of outer space for future generations, we think of world communications, satellite navigation, and scientific exploration. U.S. Space Command, however, thinks about weapons. Believing that conflict in space and wars fought...

GSI Communique

The Global Security Institute endeavors to consistently provide relevant, insightful communications to advance the rule of law, the moral imperative to ensure a sustainable future and the elimination of nuclear weapons. We hope you find this material of value. June 7...

“Fail Safe” Sparks the Anti-Nuclear Movement

Press Release March 31, 2000 WASHINGTON, DC: Nuclear disarmament advocates plan to capitalize on heightened public awareness of the danger posed by nuclear weapons thanks, in part, to CBS’s remake of the 1964 nuclear weapons thriller, “Fail Safe.”...

“The Limits of Unilateralism” By Amb. Thomas Graham, Jr.

Remarks by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.Washington, DC October 2, 2003 Disarmament, arms control, is not a new issue. In the Middle Ages, the Pope outlawed the crossbow declaring it to be “hateful to God and unfit for Christians.” However, the crossbow was...

Forsaking Space Weapons Would Spur Peace

Op-ed by Rhianna Tyson Click here for the original publication at Commondreams.org 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...

Toward a Nuclear-Free World: Reaganites against the bomb

Op-ed by Tyler Wigg Stevenson and Jessica Wilbanks This article was originally published in Sojourners Magazine, April 2008. Reprinted with permission. +1 (800) 714-7474 In January 4, 2007, former Reagan administration officials George Shultz and Henry Kissinger...

Strategy Session on the NPT

Event report  by Irfan Ahmed, Rhianna Tyson Kreger and Jesse Ziegler March 16, 2010   Over 75 ambassadors, experts and UN staff attended the event.   On Tuesday, March 16, 2010, the Global Security Institute held a briefing for ambassadors, diplomats...

Event Report: A discussion with Dr. Barry Kellman

Strengthening Global Security From Biothreats: A discussion with Dr. Barry Kellman Policy roundtable event report By Katherine Prizeman   (L-R): GSI President Jonathan Granoff, Dr. Barry Kellman and Dr. W. Pal Sidhu       On April 15, 2010, the...

Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century

Presentation by Rhianna Tyson Senior Officer of the Global Security Institute prepared for the Model United Nations conventionMarriot Marquis, New York CityApril 24, 2008 Thanks again to the organizers for inviting me back here to discuss nuclear disarmament and...

Event Report: Progressive Initiatives

Panel event organized by the Global Security Institute and the Government of Austria May 6, 2009 Project Report by Jim Wurst, MPI Program Director “Progressive Initiatives”, a UN panel event organized by the Global Security Institute (GSI) and co-sponsored...

Event Report: Voices of Experience

Panel event organized by the Global Security Institute, the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs May 7, 2009 by Jim Wurst, MPI Program Director The May 7 panel “Voices of Experience” lived up to its...