Jonathan Granoff
Speeches, writings and interviews by GSI President Jonathan Granoff.
Oct 28, 2013 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Disarmament, Events, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, U.S., United Nations
On October 28, 2013, the Global Security Institute hosted a luncheon event at the United Nations titled “Nuclear Weapons: Threats and Solutions,” featuring UN High Representative Angela Kane and former US Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. The event was co-hosted by the...
Oct 4, 2013 | Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Russia, U.S.
With over a 100, 000 deaths and 2.5 million deaths, the Syrian civil war has shaken the Middle East and horrified the rest of the world. It has raised a lot of questions about the ethical and legal justification for a humanitarian intervention, the necessity to...
Sep 26, 2013 | Biothreats, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, News and Updates
Paul Walker, International Program Director for Global Green, the US branch of Green Cross, was today honored as one of the three recipients for 2013 of the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes referred to as the ‘Alternative Nobel Peace Prize’. GSI and PNND...
Sep 19, 2013 | Biothreats, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Terrorism, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., United Nations
This article originally appeared in the InterPress Service HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, U.S., Sep 18 2013 (IPS) – Every nation in the world has been invited to participate at the highest political level in the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear...
Sep 13, 2013 | Biothreats, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations, Weapons of Mass Destruction
http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013/09/12/its-time-make-middle-east-wmd-free Eliminating the chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria through international cooperation and bringing Syria into full compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention would be a public good for...
Sep 3, 2013 | Disarmament and Peace Education, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff
On September 3, 2013, Green Cross International hosted the seventh meeting of its “Earth Dialogue” series, which were founded by former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and former UN Under-Secretary-General Maurice Strong in 2002, in Lyon, France. The...
Aug 29, 2013 | Biothreats, Human Rights, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds, United Nations
We can hear the drum beats of war again. Syria certainly appears to have committed heinous acts. The rebels may also have done so as well. Chemical weapons have not been the only horrific means of injuring innocent people. Tens of thousands have died and millions of...
Jun 24, 2013 | Global Security Institute, GSI News, Jonathan Granoff
Dr. James Martin, one of the world’s most insightful, visionary, influential intellectuals, died on June 24, 2013 at the age of 79. Dr. Martin was an esteemed and active member of the Board of Advisors of the Global Security Institute. He wrote over 100 books...
Apr 9, 2013 | 9-11, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, Nuclear Proliferation, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Policy Briefs and Reports
April 9, 2013– Government diplomats, UN officials, disarmament researchers, policy analysts, academics and representatives of non-governmental organizations attended the launch on April 9 of Moving Beyond Nuclear Deterrence to a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World, the...
Mar 11, 2013 | China, GSI Programs, Jonathan Granoff, North Korea, Op Eds, Russia, U.S.
published in the Huffington Post Following the latest heightened, bellicose threats from North Korea, the UN Security Council unanimously passed a new round of sanctions on the already isolated country, aimed primarily at starving their growing missile program....
Feb 22, 2013 | Op Eds
Alyn Ware writes for InDepth News– February 21, 2013 A meteor blasting into the atmosphere over Siberia (on February 15), injuring about 1000 people with debris, provided a graphic warning of the risk of a larger meteor, or even an asteroid, hitting earth. About...
Jan 18, 2013 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative
I myself have no arms to hug you, but a heart as big as the open space of Kazakhstan ready to embrace the world for peace and nuclear disarmament. Karipbek Kuyukov, Honorary ATOM Project Ambassador The ATOM Project, an exciting new initiative to build global support...
Jan 18, 2013 | China, Cold War, Denuclearization, Disarmament, France, GSI News, India, Israel, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations, Weapons of Mass Destruction
“While we sleep, death is awake. Death keeps watch from the warehouses that store more than 23,000 nuclear warheads, like 23,000 eyes open and waiting for a moment of carelessness.” – Former President of Costa Rica, Nobel Laureate, and...
Dec 12, 2012 | Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Inspiration, Jonathan Granoff, Nuclear Proliferation, Speeches & Presentations, United Nations
presentation delivered at the Rotary Club Breakfast United Nations, New York City It is an honor to speak to you today. Rotary Clubs inspire at personal, local and global levels. Whether it is to remind an individual business man that his decisions matter or...
Nov 30, 2012 | Biothreats, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Op Eds
Listening to today’s candidates –at any level — one would not know that, historically, Republicans have been instrumental in advancing arms control, nonproliferation, and nuclear disarmament. That is, until the recent Bush administration. In fact,...
Nov 26, 2012 | India, Inspiration, Jonathan Granoff, United Nations
(L-R): Anwar ul Haque Chishty, Jonathan Granoff, Salman Chishty, Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, and Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri (photography credits: Jay Mandal) (UN Headquarters, New York): On the occasion of India’s Presidency of the UN Security Council, the...
Aug 15, 2012 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Events, Global Security Institute, Iran, Jonathan Granoff, North Korea, NPT, Rose Gottemoeller, U.S.
Law, US Security and Nuclear Weapons: The Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty and Beyond Ambassador Rose Gottemoeller Ambassador Thomas Graham On July 20, 2012, a dynamic and informative teleconference was convened by the International Law Section of the American Bar...
Aug 3, 2012 | Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Speeches & Presentations
The American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, through its Government Law Committee chaired by Jill Mariani, and in partnership with Thomson Reuters, presented a podcast series on Disaster Preparedness and Response that aired...
Aug 3, 2012 | Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Speeches & Presentations
Presentation by Jonathan Granoff, President Global Security Institute delivered to the Halki Summit on “Global Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability: A Conversation on Environment, Ethics, and Innovation” June 18-20, 2012 Istanbul, Turkey...
Jul 26, 2012 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Hiroshima, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Russia, U.S.
See below for two new pieces on START– the new treaty between the US and Russia which aims to reduce each country’s arsenal to no more than 1,550 deployed warheads– by GSI leadership. Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.’s letter to the editor on...
Jul 26, 2012 | Disarmament, Disarmament and Peace Education, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Nuclear Proliferation
The Chatauqua Institution offers an annual retreat in western New York State where the human spirit is renewed, minds stimulated, faith restored and the arts valued. This year, an entire week will be devoted to discussions of nuclear...
Jul 26, 2012 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, NPT
Dr. Deepak Chopra, one of the world’s most influential advocates of well being and peace, is featuring GSI President Jonathan Granoff on a series of interviews for his video blog, Intent, and Sirius Radio show. » Click here to watch clips from the first...
Jul 26, 2012 | Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, United Nations
Dear friends, This has been an historic week at the United Nations. The US President chairing a summit of the Security Council and its adoption of a far reaching resolution on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation is extraordinary. Moreover, it is indicative that...
Jul 26, 2012 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Ambassador Thomas Graham, Douglas Roche, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Michael Douglas, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Recently, several members of GSI’s leadership have been in the media: Middle Powers Initiative Chairman Emeritus Douglas Roche, O.C., published an op/ed in Embassy magazine calling on Canada and other middle powers to support US President Barack Obama’s...
Jul 25, 2012 | Ambassador Henrik Salander, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter
MPI Chairman Henrik Salander and German Deputy Foreign Minister Gernot Erler Documents – Final Report – Summary Report – Briefing Paper: “A Global Public Good of the Highest Order” – Program – List of participants ...
Jul 25, 2012 | Christie Brinkley, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit
GSI President Jonathan Granoff, GSI Board Member Christie Brinkley and Nobel Peace Summit Award Recipient George Clooney This past December, the Nobel Peace Laureates gathered together in a Summit in Rome, and I had the privilege of joining GSI President...
