Jonathan Granoff
Speeches, writings and interviews by GSI President Jonathan Granoff.
Dec 10, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, GSI News, Hiroshima, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Nagasaki, Op Eds, United Nations
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 2014 (IPS) – Civil society groups are urging the U.N. General Assembly to pass a resolution declaring nuclear strikes on cities to be a clear-cut violation of international humanitarian law. At the Dec. 8-9 Vienna Conference on the...
Dec 9, 2014 | Iran, Op Eds
Originally published by Foreign Policy, November 21, 2014 by Nancy Gallagher For the first time in more than a decade, the United States and Iran are both pushing hard to resolve their long-standing disagreements about Tehran’s nuclear program. Making that investment...
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 | 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” ...
Nov 17, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, United Nations
Roundtable held at the United Nations on October 22, 2014 co-sponsored by the Global Security Institute and the Permanent Missions of Japan and the Netherlands to the UN On October 22, 2014, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Permanent Missions of...
Nov 5, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, United Nations
Events, reports, and analysis Mahatma Gandhi at the United Nations photo credit: Michael Greene A Message from the President On September 26, 2014, the United Nations commemorated the inaugural International Day for the Total...
Sep 26, 2014 | Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Senator Alan Cranston, Speeches & Presentations
Presentation delivered on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations, New York, September 26, 2014, by Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. President, Your Excellencies,...
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...
Sep 22, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, GSI Programs, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Policy Briefs and Reports, United Nations
Far from extinguishing hopes for progress in nuclear disarmament, the violence-torn summer of 2014– televised killings in Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, and Iraq– should remind us of the inarguable imperative of prohibiting and eliminating nuclear weapons. The...
Sep 19, 2014 | Douglas Roche, Human Rights, Middle Powers Initiative, Op Eds, United Nations
The failure of the major powers to overcome their narrow, short-term interests has crippled the UN’s ability to enforce the peace and security of the world. by Douglas Roche, O.C. This article was originally published in Embassy magazine, September 17, 2014. Special...
Jul 25, 2014 | Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Nuclear Proliferation, Op Eds
To many if not most, the present turmoil in the world is evidence of a world gone chaotic: the downed Malaysian airliners, the horrific consequences of increased militarization in Israel and Palestine, instability in Egypt, the steady ruination of Syria, the...
Jul 9, 2014 | Speeches & Presentations
Jonathan Granoff wrote a chapter on “Nuclear Weapons” for the fourth edition of the Encyclopedia of Bioethics, published by MacMillan Reference. Download the full chapter here.
May 14, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, U.S., United Nations
opening remarks by Jonathan Granoff at the event “Nuclear Weapons and the Moral Compass” co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Philippines and the Global Security Institute United Nations Trusteeship Council Chamber April 30, 2014 Sometimes a...
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...
Mar 17, 2014 | Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds
Lead article published in Eruditio, the e-journal of the World Academy of Art and Science, March 14, 2014 Today’s global threats require a cooperative response. The ongoing cycle of fear −wherein armaments spread insecurity and insecurity...
Mar 5, 2014 | Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, News and Updates
UPDATED March 27 March 5, 2014: The risks of escalation in the Ukraine must not be ignored. The Global Security Institute believes that a deeper understanding of the dynamics at work is imperative. Many in the media are quick to frame this in neo-Cold War, United...
Feb 3, 2014 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, France, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, NPT, Senator Ed Markey
February 3, 2014 The Global Security Institute (GSI) works to strengthen international cooperation based on the rule of law, with a particular focus on achieving the security of a world without nuclear weapons. You can support our work by sharing this eNews with...
Dec 23, 2013 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Bipartisan Security Group, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, GSI News, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
December 23, 2013 Dear friend, The Global Security Institute makes our voices for a safer world impact where it matters–decision makers in Washington, capitals around the world, and the United Nations. Your investment in its work will make a difference. My work...
Dec 11, 2013 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Bipartisan Security Group, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, United Nations
On December 11, 2013, the Global Security Institute (GSI), in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), hosted an informal roundtable discussion with presentations by Ambassador Libran Cabactulan of the Phillippines, President of the 2010 Review Conference...
Dec 2, 2013 | 9-11, Ambassador Thomas Graham, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, United Nations
On December 2, 2013, Harvard University Divinity School (HDS) convened a group of scholars, practitioners, and advocates to address “Religions and Peace: Do Universities Have a Role?” for a public panel followed by an in-depth evening discussion at HDS...
Dec 2, 2013 | DPE, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Video Blog
On December 2, 2013, Harvard Divinity School (HDS) convened a group of practitioners and scholars to explore the ways that people of different religions can work together to end violence—and what universities can do to facilitate this process. HDS professor Diana L....
Nov 26, 2013 | Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff
The Global Security Institute remains committed to achieving a permanent prohibition against nuclear weapons testing. Read the Noveber 2013 Activities Report about the new proposal we are advancing, the recent meetings held with governments, the CTBT Organization, and...
Nov 14, 2013 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, GSI Programs, Jonathan Granoff, Robert Grey, U.S., United Nations
“There is nothing else like it,” said senior advisor to the U.N. Foundation Gillian M. Sorensen of the United Nations at the International Law Society’s Distinguished Speaker Series event held on Wednesday, November 14th in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom on Widener...
Nov 7, 2013 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Bipartisan Security Group, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Disarmament and Peace Education, Michael Douglas, Policy Briefs and Reports
The Global Security Institute (GSI) remains committed to achieving a permanent prohibition against nuclear weapons testing. A New Proposal We are engaged in expert consultations based on a new proposal by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr., Chairman of GSI’s...
Nov 4, 2013 | Ambassador Henrik Salander, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Global Security Institute, Speeches & Presentations, United Nations
On November, 2, 2013, Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., delivered remarks at the American Physical Society Forum on Physics and Society, centered on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and its relationship to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. In it, he...
Oct 31, 2013 | Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds
We are the first civilization in which the pursuit of the real and the good has become separated. The current predominant worldview adopts the scientific method as the singular legitimate method of discovering the truth. It relies on prediction, repetition, control,...
