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Religious and Military Leaders Call for Nuclear Disarmament – GSI Report
June 21, 2000 On June 21, 2000, religious and military leaders issued a call through Washington National Cathedral for the elimination of nuclear weapons. The Call by Military and Religious Leaders, endorsed by 18 retired flag-rank military officials and 21 heads of...
Interfaith Service for Peace at the Washington National Cathedral Sermon – Chaplain (Major General) Kermit D. Johnson, Guest Preacher
Wednesday, June 21, 2000 We come together today from various religions in the common conviction that God acts and speaks into human history. This is the character of the revealed religions we represent. Our faith is rooted in God's self-revelation, not human...
National Religious Leaders Join Retired Military Officials to Ban Nuclear Weapons: Both Groups Urge Civilians to Join Noble Cause – Media Advisory
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Over three dozen high-ranking, retired military professionals and Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders will issue a joint call to eliminate nuclear...
Defensive Shield Would Reduce Safety, Fail to Stop Missiles: The Nuclear Question by Alan Cranston and Zachary Bishop Allen – San Jose Mercury News
June 4, 2000 YOU ARE POINTING a loaded machine gun at someone just a few feet away. His loaded machine gun is aimed at your chest. You've been doing this for 50 years, and now your adversary is weaker and less bellicose -- but you still aren't sure if you can trust...
Adressing the Cold War’s Unfinished Business by Alan Cranston and Tad Daley – Los Angeles Times
June 4, 2000 When Air Force One touched down in Moscow yesterday, nuclear politics again took center stage, just as they did so often during the Cold War. Nearly three decades ago, the Nixon administration and the Brezhnev regime came to agreement on a "big idea"...
Defensive Shield Would Reduce Safety, Fail to Stop Missiles: The New Nuclear Question
YOU ARE POINTING a loaded machine gun at someone just a few feet away. His loaded machine gun is aimed at your chest. You've been doing this for 50 years, and now your adversary is weaker and less bellicose -- but you still aren't sure if you can trust him. Meanwhile...
Leading Experts Criticize National Missile Defense Plan – Bay Area Invited to Press Briefing and Roundtable
May 16, 2000 SAN FRANCISCO: On Thursday May 18th, Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., Special Representative of the President for Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament from 1994-1997 and the President of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security (LAWS) will be at...
Congressional Record: Arms Control – Senator Byron Dorgan (D.ND) – Congressional Record
April 25, 2000 ARMS CONTROL Mr. DORGAN. Today, in the Washington Post, there was a story headlined `U.S. Arms Policy is Criticized at the United Nations.' The occasion of the criticism comes at the beginning of the conference to review the status of the Nuclear...
Anna Lindh, Speech Delivered in 2000 that Still Resonates – Statement to the NPT 2000 Review Conference
Mr. President, Let me begin by congratulating you on your election as President of this Conference. Its success lies in your hands and I can assure you of the support of the Swedish delegation in this important endeavour. Sweden fully subscribes to the European...
Global Security Institute Factsheet: Expert’s Warning
U.S. General Charles Horner, who commanded Allied Forces in the Gulf War declared in 1997 in an address to the War College, "I predict that a nuclear weapon will be exploded on the territory of the U.S. in the next few years." Former Secretary of Defense...
Democracy, Disarmament and Public Education: A conversation with Senator Alan Cranston
April 17, 2000 In this video, part of the "Conversations with History" series, GSI founder Senator Alan Cranston speaks with Harry Kreisler of the Institute for International Studies.
Long After the Cold War, The Bomb Chills by Jim Cheng – U.S.A. Today
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up As TV audiences gathered to watch Sunday's all-star cast perform a remake of the 1962 Cold War film Fail-Safe, some were drawn to the project's star...
Panel Agrees Risk of Nuclear Attacks Grave – Discussion Concludes that Americans often Under-Estimate Risk by Peter Stair – Stanford Daily
April 11, 2000 The end of the Cold War did little to reduce the danger of nuclear weapons, according to the participants in a panel discussion sponsored by the Center for International Security and Arms Control. In the discussion titled "So You Think Nuclear Weapons...
Panel Challenges Nuclear Arms Apathy – Weapons: Discussion, Movie Intended to Raise Awareness of Continuing Threat to Safety by Linh Tat – The Daily Bruin, UCLA
April 11, 2000 The Cold War may be over, but the impending threat of nuclear warfare continues to loom over us today, said activists against nuclear engineering during a panel discussion Sunday night at Sproul Hall. Global Security Institute, an organization that...
Remake of the 1962 Cold War Movie “Fail Safe” 1)- Long After Cold War, the Bomb Chills 2)- Fail Safe Remains a Tale of Our Times
1)- April 10, 2000 Long after Cold War, The Bomb Chills As TV audiences gathered to watch Sunday's all-star cast perform a remake of the 1962 Cold War film Fail-Safe, some were drawn to the project's star power (George Clooney and an A-list of supporting actors...
“Fail Safe” Remains a Tale of our Times by Alan Cranston – Global Beat Syndicate
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up SAN FRANCISCO -- This Sunday, a live television drama will reintroduce millions of viewers to the dangers posed by nuclear weapons. The CBS television...
CBS’s Remake of the 1964 Nuclear Weapons Thriller “Fail Safe” Sparks The Anti-Nuclear Movement
March 31, 2000 "Fail Safe" Sparks the Anti-Nuclear Movement WASHINGTON, DC: Nuclear disarmament advocates plan to capitalize on heightened public awareness of the danger posed by nuclear weapons thanks, in part, to CBS's remake of the 1964 nuclear weapons thriller,...
“Fail Safe” Sparks the Anti-Nuclear Movement – Press Release
March 31, 2000 WASHINGTON, DC: Nuclear disarmament advocates plan to capitalize on heightened public awareness of the danger posed by nuclear weapons thanks, in part, to CBS's remake of the 1964 nuclear weapons thriller, "Fail Safe." Groups such as Project Abolition,...
Do As We Say, Not As We Do – Defense: The World Can See Through Our Hypocritical Preaching About Nuclear Arms Control by Robert Scheer
Tuesday, March 28, 2000 "Oh gosh, I forgot, we do have 6,000 strategic nuclear warheads of our own at a high state of alert, 15 minutes away from blowing up any city in the world. But our nuclear bombs are carried by 'Peacekeeper' missiles and are not intended as...
Support is Sought to Stop Use of Nuclear Weapons – Citizen’s Voice, Wilkes-Barre PA – Editorial Board
March 25, 2000 Millions of Americans will watch a live reenactment of the 1964 Cold War thriller Fail Safe on CBS television starring and produced by George Clooney. Fail Safe is a gripping fictional tale of accidental nuclear war. Unfortunately, the nuclear threat...
Alan Cranston Changes Award Night to Appeal for Nuclear-free World – Town Crier Staff Report – Los Altos Town Crier
March 22, 2000 Former U.S. Senator Alan Cranston, a longtime Los Altos-area resident, was honored March 14 for his contribution to the cause of nuclear arms elimination. "An Evening Honoring Senator Alan Cranston," a fund-raiser for the Global Security Institute and...
Nuke Attack Threat Still Real, Cranston Says by Suzanne Bohan – Sacramento Bee
A major U.S. city is the most likely target of a nuclear attack by a terrorist group, a prominent nuclear disarmament group is warning. The Global Security Institute, headed by former U.S. Sen. Alan Cranston, is hoping to jar the public from its post-Cold War...
Nuclear Disarmament in the 21st Century – Remarks by Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. – W. Averell Harriman Award Dinner -San Francisco, CA
March 14, 2000 Since 1981 Lawyers Alliance for World Security has been a nonpartisan organization of professionals concerned with promoting the rule of law and the control and elimination of threats posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. Averell...
Michael Douglas Presents Senator Alan Cranston with the W. Averell Harriman Award – Michael Douglas, UN Messenger of Peace
March 14, 2000 Friends, we are all privileged to share in honoring Senator Alan Cranston tonight. He is an inspiration to anyone who values public service. After Alan graduated from Stanford, he became a foreign correspondent for the International News Service. He...
Remarks by Sen. Alan Cranston on the Occasion of Receiving the W. Averell Harriman Award in Honor of His Career and Dedication to Promoting World Peace
Remarks by Senator Alan Cranston The threat posed by nuclear weapons the issue that brings us together surpasses in a way all others. Many issues are important. But if we blow ourselves up in a nuclear holocaust, no other issue will matter. It was fruitless to...
President Clinton’s Statement on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Thirty years ago -- March 5, 1970 -- the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) entered into force. The countries that negotiated the NPT had clear and important goals. They wanted a safer, more secure world in which states not possessing nuclear...
Actor Michael Douglas to Honor Senator Alan Cranston with W. Averell Harriman Peace Award – Press Release
March 6, 2000 SAN FRANCISCO: On Tuesday, March 14, 2000, UN Ambassador for Peace and Actor, Michael Douglas, will present Senator Alan Cranston with the W. Averell Harriman Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Cause of Peace and World Security on behalf of the...
Clinton Statement on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – White House Press Office
White House Press Office March 6, 2000 Thirty years ago -- March 5, 1970 -- the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) entered into force. The countries that negotiated the NPT had clear and important goals. They wanted a safer, more secure world in...
1)- GSI – A Nuclear Crisis 2)- Oscar Arias: Harsh Words for the U.S. From a Voice for Peace and Security
1)- GSI - A Nuclear Crisis 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 nuclear programs... It covers not...
Oscar Arias: Harsh Words for the U.S. From a Voice for Peace and Prosperity by Kitty Felde – Los Angels Times
Sunday, February 20, 2000 SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA--As President Bill Clinton ponders his post-presidential career options, he might consider the example of a former president of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias Sanchez. It was Arias who brokered a Central American peace deal at a...