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Parliamentarians call on Nuclear Security Summit process for nuclear abolition
Legislators and disarmament experts from around the world meeting in Washington, D.C. last week called on the leaders of the nuclear weapon states, and other states participating in the forthcoming Nuclear Security Summit to commence a high level process to...
PNND Assembly 2014: Climbing the Mountain, Feb 25-27, Washington, D.C.
Climbing The Mountain: Legislators collaborating on bilateral, plurilateral and global measures towards a secure nuclear-weapons-free-world Parliamentary Conference and PNND Annual Assembly February 25-27, 2014 -- Washington, DC Hosted by Honorary Chair US...
GSI eNews: Recent and Upcoming Activities
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...
In Memoriam: Ambassador Jonathan Dean
On January 14, 2014, Ambassador Jonathan Dean died of natural causes in Mesa, Arizona. He was 89 years old. His wit, wisdom, friendship, guidance, and example of selfless public service will be missed. Ambassador Jonathan Dean had been an Advisor to the Global...
An Appeal for Our Future, from Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.
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 has...
Thinking Creatively: In and Out of the NPT Box
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...
Harvard University Divinity School Convenes “Religions and Peace: Do Universities Have a Role?”
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 Dean David...
Harvard Divinity School’s “Religions and Peace: Do Universities Have a Role?”
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....
Advancing the CTBT
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...
Religion & Peace: Do Universities Have a Role? A Panel Event on Multifaith Collaboration, Peacemaking, and Higher Education
WHEN: Monday, December 2, 2013; 5:15 pm to 7:00 pm WHERE: Sperry Room, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA WHAT: For much of history since WWII, religious conflict has plagued civilization. In the Middle East, Israeli Jews fight Muslim and Christian...
Distinguished Guest Speakers Discuss US Interests and the 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...
Advancing a Comprehensive Ban on Nuclear Weapons Testing – A GSI Activities Report
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 Bipartisan...
Ambassador Graham at the American Physical Society Forum on Physics and Society
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...
Musings on a New Paradigm – Published in the Cadmus Journal: Promoting Leadership in Thought that leads to Action
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,...
Nuclear Weapons Threats and Solutions: A Luncheon at the 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...
Nuclear Weapons Threats and Solution: A Luncheon at the 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...
PNND Activities and Achievements: 2009-2013
The network of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament engages parliamentarians from around the world on a cross-party basis in key nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament issues, initiatives, and forums, contributing considerably to the...
The Struggle for Syria: Panel event at Columbia University
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...
Civil Society Statement to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Entry-Into-Force Conference
September 27, 2013 More than 100 senior government officials gathered at the United Nations for a conference seeking the entry-into-force of the CTBT. GSI President Jonathan Granoff had the privilege of delivering a statement to the conference on behalf of all civil...
Global Green Director Paul Walker receives prestigious award for work to eliminate chemical weapons
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...
High Opportunity for Nuclear Disarmament at High-Level Meeting by Jonathan Granoff
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...
Its Time to Make the Middle East WMD-Free by Jonathan Granoff – Published in the World Policy Dog
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...
Earth Dialogues: Pathways into the Future/Triggers of Change
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 2013 gathering...
Syria: Law and Legitimacy by Jonathan Granoff published in the Huffington Post
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...
PNND Annual Report 2012
Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND), a program of the Global Security Institute, published its Annual Report 2012. PNND is a unique international network of legislators from over 80 countries who are committed to advancing nuclear...
In Memoriam: Dr. James Martin
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 and was...
Inter-Parliamentary Union Handbook: Supporting Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
The Inter-Parliamentary Union, the focal point for worldwide parliamentary dialogue working to establish representative democracy and promote peace and cooperation among peoples, together with the GSI program, the network of Parliamentarians for Nuclear...
Beyond Nuclear Deterrence to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World: Publication launch in Geneva
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 second...
Practical Proposals for a Real Change in North Korea by Jonathan Granoff – Pub listed in the Huffington Post
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....
MPI Holds Framework Forum Conference in Berlin
February 22-23, 2013 Creating the Conditions and Building the Framework for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World was the title of the Middle Power Initiative's Berlin Framework Forum, a new initiative designed to help implement the decisions of the 2010 NPT Review Conference...