Jonathan Granoff
Speeches, writings and interviews by GSI President Jonathan Granoff.
Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds
February 23, 2000 By Jimmy Carter Washington Post Every five years, the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT) comes up for reassessment by the countries that have signed it. This is the treaty that provides for international restraints (and inspections) on...
Jun 27, 2012 | Policy Briefs and Reports
Berlin, Germany January 29-30, 2009 Documents Transcripts * Presentations Photographs MPI Chairman Henrik Salander and German Deputy Foreign Minister Gernot Erler Documents – Final Report – Summary Report – Briefing Paper: “A Global...
Jun 20, 2012 | Events, Speeches & Presentations
Report from GSI President Jonathan Granoff, an IPB Representative to the Nobel Peace Laureate Summit On January 28, 2008, President Mikhail Gorbachev and I were hosted to breakfast and a private meeting with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown, at...
Jun 20, 2012 | Speeches & Presentations
Policy roundtable event report By Katherine Prizeman April 15, 2010 (L-R): GSI President Jonathan Granoff, Dr. Barry Kellman and Dr. W. Pal Sidhu On April 15, 2010, the Global Security Institute and the EastWest Institute co-sponsored...
Jun 18, 2012 | 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, 2012Istanbul, Turkey ...
Jun 13, 2012 | Events, Policy Briefs and Reports
Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Science and Technology Experts’ Briefing 3. MPI’s Framework Forum 4. PNND Activities- Scottish MP presents campaign for WMD-Free Middle East – Presentation to the NPT PrepCom delegates – New Agenda Coalition...
Jun 8, 2012 | Events, Speeches & Presentations
A Dialogue on Responsibility, Art, Celebrity, Nuclear Weapons, and Making Movies with UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas and GSI President Jonathan Granoff at the American Bar Association April 2012 At the April 2012 Conference of the International Law Section of...
Jun 8, 2012 | Op Eds
GSI President Jonathan Granoff was featured in The Huffington Post, with an important article highlighting the special duty of America to follow the rule of law in addressing the international challenge of Iran. Regarding Iran, America Must Look to the Constitution...
Jun 7, 2012 | Op Eds
GSI President Jonathan Granoff and Mr. Pavel Palazhchenko, Adviser to President Mikhail Gorbachev, co-aurthored an article in The Huffington Post highlighting the recent Nobel Peace Laureate and NATO Summits in Chicago. Participants included: Jimmy Carter, Mikhail...
Jun 7, 2012 | Policy Briefs and Reports
The following are policy briefs, major reports and publications of the Global Security Institute or our programs. Additional related items can be found in our documents section. For reports on individual events, please see our Event Reports. Books by GSI leaders are...
May 22, 2012 | Op Eds
Op-ed by Douglas Roche Embassy, December 15, 2010, p. 15 Hansard recorded the event in the House of Commons under “Routine Proceedings,” but there was nothing routine about it. For the first time in the history of Canada’s Parliament, both the House...
May 22, 2012 | Events, Speeches & Presentations
By Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute Transcript of remarks made at the sixth Article VI Forum meeting, Berlin, Germany January 30, 2009 Click here for a printable PDF We should all be grateful for our host the Government of Germany in...
May 22, 2012 | Op Eds
Valuable Approach to Advance the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: Announcing Articles in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and the Fordham International Law Journal Dear Friend: “Nuclear weapons are unworthy of civilization.” Senator Alan Cranston, founder...
May 22, 2012 | Op Eds
Op-ed By Jonathan Granoff Wednesday, November 7, 2007 Click here for the original publication Religious leaders gathering this week at the Festival of Faiths in Louisville must make a forceful call to forge a consensus of conscience and reason: Nuclear weapons are...
May 22, 2012 | Op Eds
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...
May 22, 2012 | Events, Policy Briefs and Reports
Report by Jonathan Granoff President, Global Security Institute Photo courtesy of Michael Collopy The Institute for Political and International Studies of the Foreign Ministry of Iran held a high level conference in Tehran on March 9, 2008 titled...
May 22, 2012 | Op Eds
Below is the text of an open letter to the Foreign Ministers of the Nuclear Suppliers Group regarding the role of the NSG in the pending nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and India. We urge all of our concerned friends and...
May 22, 2012 | Op Eds
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...
May 22, 2012 | Speeches & Presentations
Presentation delivered at the Forum for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World by GSI President Jonathan Granoff Astana – Semey, Kazakhstan October 11-13, 2011 It is an honor and privilege to be here with so many deeply committed people whose efforts to end threats posed...
May 22, 2012 | Events, Policy Briefs and Reports, Speeches & Presentations
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Testimony before the US Congressional Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations On September 26, 2006, Bipartisan Security Group Chairman Ambassador Thomas Graham and I had...
May 22, 2012 | Events, Speeches & Presentations
Statement by President Jimmy Carter Atlanta Consultation III The Carter Center Atlanta , Georgia January 21, 2010 (transcript) Thank you, Jonathan. I was enjoying that very much. Well this is like a family reunion for me, because we have had these sessions two times...
May 22, 2012 | Events, Policy Briefs and Reports, Speeches & Presentations
The 2010 NPT Review Conference: Forecasting the Outcome Statement by Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Atlanta Consultation III The Carter Center Atlanta , Georgia January 21, 2010 I wish to begin today by...
May 22, 2012 | Events, Speeches & Presentations
Keynote Statement by Dr. Nancy Gallagher,Center for International and Security Studies at University of Maryland Atlanta Consultation III The Carter Center Atlanta , Georgia January 22, 2010 This consultation is a wonderful opportunity for like-minded diplomats,...
May 22, 2012 | Policy Briefs and Reports
An update from the Middle Powers Initiative Final report of the Article VI Forum, Dublin, released The Middle Powers Initiative (MPI) today released the final report from the fifth meeting of the Article VI Forum, held in Dublin, March 28-29,...
May 22, 2012 | Events, Policy Briefs and Reports
The Middle Powers Initiative’s Atlanta Consultation III: Fulfilling the NPT was marked by openness in the deliberations and an eagerness to explore all options for fulfilling the Non-Proliferation Treaty – both at the May Review Conference and beyond. For...
May 22, 2012 | Middle Powers Initiative, Policy Briefs and Reports
Press Release March 22, 2004 Contact: Senator Douglas Roche, Ottawa, (613) 943-9559 or Zachary Allen, San Francisco, (415) 397-6760. NATO’s nuclear policies have put Canada in conflict with its goals for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the Middle Powers...
