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Disease as a Weapon

September 29, 2009   In this excerpt from his keynote presentation at the World Future Society’s 2009 conference, bioviolence expert (and BSG Member) Barry Kellman warns about the prospects of turning pathogens into weapons.  

Obama at the Security Council

September 24, 2009 Al Jazeera English channel interviews GSI President Jonathan Granoff moments after US President Barack Obama chairs a Summit of Heads of State of the Security Council.       » Read GSI’s Huffington Post analysis of the...

MPI Statement on the September 24 Security Council Summit

When the UN Security Council convenes its summit meeting on September 24 with US President Barack Obama presiding, the Council has a unique opportunity to pronounce itself on one of most vital issues before the international community: nuclear non-proliferation and...

James Goodby on US-Russian Nuclear Arms Negotiations

September 24, 2009   BSG Member Ambassador James Goodby, Hoover Institution, Stanford University is a guest lecturer at the “US-Russian START Plus Arms Control Simulation” at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Ambassador Goodby talks...

GSI eNewsletter: June 2009

Contents: A Message from the President GSI Activities – “Voices of Experience,” UN Panel Event – Meeting with the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon – Briefing at the UN: Human Development is National Security – Book Launch at the United...

Progressive Initiatives

May 9, 2009 Christie Brinkley, former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans, MPI Chairman Henrik Salander and Hideo Hiraoka, MP, Japan, spoke at a special event during the 2009 NPT Preparatory Committee conference, chaired by GSI Senior Officer Rhianna Tyson. Watch...

Voices from Experience

May 7, 2009 GSI, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, hosted a special panel event during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee meeting, featuring UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas, High Representative...

Millennium Development Goals Awards Ceremony

  March 17, 2009 Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and Dr. Kevin Cahill, a world reknown physician and humanitarian, received lifetime achievement awards at the Millennium Development Golas (MDGs) Awards Ceremony at the General Assembly Hall of the United...

2009 MPI Event Reports from 2002 to 2009

MPI Report Berlin, Germany January 28, 2009 Hosts Sixth Meeting of Article VI Forum in Berlin The sixth Article VI Forum was held in Berlin, January 29-30, 2009, with the theme New Imperatives and Openings for a Nuclear weapon-Free World. Convened with the support of...

nuke.

Funded by the Greenwich Forum on War and Peace, Ben Millstein explores four questions about our nuclear age: what’s the problem with today’s system for keeping nukes under control; what are the major nuclear threats today; how does the international...

GSI eNewsletter: October 30, 2008

Dear friends, The hopes of the world are focused on the US presidential election. It is probably the most important election in recent history. The collective challenges facing the world are daunting: the very health of the global commons – the oceans, rainforests and...