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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: International humanitarian law and nuclear weapons
In 1996, the International Court of Justice issued an opinion that the use of nuclear weapons is scarcely reconcilable with international humanitarian law and concluded that nations have an obligation to pursue good-faith negotiations leading to disarmament. Not only...
The Colombia Charter. 10 Principles for Peace
Click here to read The Colombia Charter, drafted by the Nobel Peace Laureates at the World Summit.
GSI President Jonathan Granoff speaks at Middelburg 800
https://vimeo.com/212813387/02e7ab001f?utm_source=email&utm_medium=vimeo-cliptranscode-201504&utm_campaign=28749 March 2017
“The Turtle, The Horse and Nuclear Weapons” by Jonathan Granoff
Presently, neither leadership nor support in the pursuit of nuclear disarmament can be expected from the nuclear weapons states. They have not vigorously pursued the incremental steps for which there is enormous international support to help make us safer and...
Banning Nuclear Weapons – An Auspicious Start by Sergio Duarte
By Sergio Duarte, former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs* Originally posted on IndepthNews.net NEW YORK (IDN) - Despite being shunned by the nine possessors of nuclear weapons and most of their allies, the first part of the negotiations mandated by the...
A Message from Nobel Peace Laureate Summit, Barcelona, Spain and the Barcelona Declaration
From the Huffington Post The Measure of Our Humanity: Nobel Peace Laureates Promote Solutions to Refugee Crisis, Terrorism, Climate Change and Nuclear Annihilation Dear friends, Last month the Nobel Peace Laureates gathered for their fifteenth Summit and issued...
The 5th Prague Agenda Conference & the 2015 PNND Assembly
Since President Obama’s 2009 announcement of his long-term nuclear disarmament vision in Prague and the following signing of the 2010 US-Russia START Treaty, Prague has established itself as a venue for discussion and taking stock of issues related to nuclear arms...
Seeking Urgently Needed Effective Solutions: Responding to the Call of Pope Francis to the United Nations
The Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations cordially invites friends and supporters of the Global Security Institute to a special event titled, "Seeking Urgently Needed Effective Solutions." The event will be held Wednesday, October 7, from 1:15- 2:45...
Invitation: International Day of Non-Violence
The Global Security Institute is pleased to offer our very special friends and supporters an invitation to the United Nations' celebration of the International Day of Non-Violence, sponsored by the Permanent Mission of India. On October 2, you are invited...
Invitation: “The Man Who Saved the World”
We are very pleased to invite you to the New York premiere of "The Man Who Saved the World," a new film with appearances by Kevin Costner, Robert DeNiro, Matt Damon, Walter Cronkite, Ashton Kutcher, Jonathan Granoff, and many others. Watch the official trailer:...
GSI September 2015 eNewsletter: More Than How: Remembering the Why
September 2015 A Message from the President Dear friends, One of the most inspiring and unique inclusions in this eNewsletter is a a short report about the first International Day of Yoga, held at the United Nations, where I had the profound pleasure of...
The Shame and Horror of Nuclear Weapons by William Swing and Tyler Stevenson
The following excerpt originally appeared on TheWeek.com on August 7, 2015. [...] As preachers, we know that the Bible's Psalms tell us that "the days of our years are threescore and ten." By that counting, then, the bomb has grown old, too. As we mark the 70th...
The Iran Deal: Steps Toward the Common Good
This article originally appeared on the Huffington Post, August 3, 2015. We should be grateful to the diplomats for ensuring no further proliferation of nuclear weapons in a volatile region. The Iran Deal demonstrates that when powerful nations identify a common...
The Moral Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Advancing nuclear disarmament is the moral imperative of our time. The Global Security Institute is engaged in a campaign fusing the morality-based calls for nuclear abolition from respected religious leaders and faith-based organizations with the rising momentum...
VIDEO: International Day of Yoga
On June 21, 2015, the United Nations hosted the first ever International Day of Yoga. Among the speakers at the commemoration was GSI President, Jonathan Granoff. In his remarks, Mr. Granoff stressed the importance of yoga and its wisdom as it relates to not...
United Nations Hosts First Ever International Day of Yoga
June 21, 2015, the United Nations hosted the first ever International Day of Yoga. The official Indian government estimate cites an audience size in India alone of at least 500 million people and global participation of nearly 2 billion in over 190 countries and more...
President Obama: A Chance to Lead
The below article, by Jonathan Granoff, was originally published in the Huffington Post on May 2, 2015. This month at the United Nations, 190 nations will gather to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which constrains the spread of nuclear weapons and...
The Iran Deal is a Terrible Blow… To War Profiteers (Theirs and Ours) by Jonathan Granoff
Huffington Post on April 29, 2015. A deal with verifiable measure that helps prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons in exchange for taking steps to help it normalize its relationships with the rest of the world is a very good deal. Lifting sanctions will help...
Former US Defense Department Official and Former Holy See Advisor to Address Legal and Moral Aspects of Nuclear Weapon Use
For Immediate Release April 28, 2015: (New York) Can nuclear possessor states reconcile their use of—and threat to use—nuclear weapons with the laws of war? If so, how? Concurrently, can these states reconcile the use—and threat to use—nuclear weapons within...
Nuclear non-proliferation: We must keep working for a world without nuclear weapons (yes, it’s possible) by James Goodby and Steven Pifer
At the Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference later this month at the United Nations, the five nuclear weapon states recognized by the Treaty—the United States, Russia, Britain, France, and China—will come in for critical scrutiny from an international community...
GSI President Speaks at Third Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia
On April 24, 2015, GSI President Jonathan Granoff was invited to speak on behalf of civil society at the Third Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia. Watch his remarks: Third Conference of...
Pope Francis’ Latest Mission: Stopping Nuclear Weapons (TIME Magazine)
The below article, regarding Pope Francis' recent statement and the April 9 event which GSI co-hosted with the Holy See to highlight it, was originally published by TIME on Friday, April 10. The original version can be found here. By Elizabeth Dias - TIME...
Inspiration and Illumination at the United Nations
Inspiration and Illumination at the United Nations A preliminary report on April 9, 2015 The Global Security Institute is profoundly honored to have co-hosted with the Holy See a remarkably inspirational event at the United Nations on April 9, 2015. Titled "Nuclear...
Living, and Illuminating, Peace: GSI eNewsletter Winter/Spring 2015
Events, reports, and analysis A Message From the President The necessity of human solidarity must not be trumped by the divisiveness of nuclear weapons. This was part of the historic message expressing the ideas of His Holiness Pope Francis shared at the recent...
Georgia Public Broadcasting Presents “Are We at Risk of Nuclear War?”
On March 21, 2015, “Are We At Risk of Nuclear War?" was broadcast on Two Way Street, a program aired on 17 stations of the Georgia Public Broadcasting Network. For the panel, GSI President Jonathan Granoff joined Professor Mohammed Yunus, winner of the 2006...
Defining a Good Iran Deal & a New Realism with Russia: GSI in the Media
While dangerous, one-dimensional soundbyte talking points dominate the media, it is our hope to offer a more nuanced, constructive analysis, firmly rooted in our commitment to the peaceful resolution of the differences between nations. If you find this material...
Time has come for “new realism” in Russia-US relations, President of US-based Global Security Institute says
The original article, which was published on March 16, 2015 in Russian by the TASS News Agency of Russia, can be found here. Below english translation provided by TASS News Agency of Russia. NEW YORK, March 16 /TASS/. Time for "new realism" has come in the...
Nuke deal a good one if making Iran part of world community (TREND News)
The below article was originally published on March 15, 2015 in Farsi by TREND News. The translated version can be found here. Baku, Azerbaijan, March 15 By Khalid Kazimov - Trend: A nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 will be a good one if it brings Iran out...
Nobel Peace Prize Forum’s “Toward Inclusive Disarmament: The Voices of Women and Civil Society”
On March 8, 2015, under the auspices of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum brought together scores of diplomats and civil society leaders to discuss "Inclusive and Sustainable Peacemaking and Peacebuilding." Disarmament was the central focus of...
Iran: Go Up To Go Over
presentation before the Institute for Political and International Studies of the Foreign Ministry of Iran Tehran, Iran March 9, 2008 International Conference on Iran’s Peaceful Nuclear Program and Activities: Modality of Cooperation with the...