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South Asian Delegates Call for Elimination of Nuclear Arsenals
GSI Report By Nadine M. Kjellberg Washington, DC July 18, 2002 A PDF version of this report can be found here By Nadine M. Kjellberg July 18, 2002--WASHINGTON, DC--Addressing a spill over crowd of congressional staffers and religious representatives in the Cannon...
Jane Goodall Presents First Alan Cranston Peace Award to Jayantha Dhanapala
Event Report May 10, 2002 During the two weeks of the Preparatory Committee (April 8-19, 2002) for the upcoming 2005 Review of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty*, the Global Security Institute held several events at the United Nations for delegates,...
Haverford College Plays Host to “Life Changing” Event Organized by the Global Security Institute – Global Leaders Offer Hope Through Responsibility
Event Report February 16-17, 2002 HAVERFORD, PA: In a two-day event, organized by the Global Security Institute, convened by primatologist and GSI Advisor Jane Goodall, and chaired by GSI President Jonathan Granoff, more than 800 people gathered at Haverford College,...
Experts Work to Keep Weapons Out of Space – Congressional Leaders Join Dialogue in Philadelphia
GSI Report December 4, 2001 PHILADELPHIA: On the eve of the Bush Administration's December 3 test of an anti-ballistic missile interceptor, a group of experts gathered in Philadelphia's Friends Conference Center for a conference addressing the implications of...
Robert S. McNamara Calls for Nuclear Disarmament at United Nations
GSI Event Report Contributors: John Harrington, Esq, and Laura McGrath Moulton October 17, 2001 UNITED NATIONS -- Delivering a clarion call for nuclear disarmament, former US Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara was the focal point of back-to-back sessions at the...
The Global Security Institute Hosts a Screening of Thirteen Days At the United Nations
Event Report March 7, 2001 In order to stimulate discussion of past nuclear crises and current nuclear risks, the Global Security Institute hosted a screening of Thirteen Days, the critically acclaimed film about the Cuban Missile Crisis, on March 7 at the United...
Activism Gets Results in Washington, D.C.
Event Report June 15, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C.--From June 10-13, 2001, Project Abolition, a coalition of non-profit organizations promoting security through nuclear disarmament, worked with the Nuclear Disarmament Partnership to organize a press conference,...
New Leadership of the Global Security Institute, Inspired By Legacy of Senator Alan Cranston, Hosts 13 Days Screening for Congressional Audience
GSI Report February 16, 2001 The Global Security Institute had a smooth transition of leadership in the wake of founder Senator Alan Cranston's death on New Year's Eve. The Board of Directors elected Jonathan Granoff as GSI President, and Kim Cranston, Senator...
GSI Documentary Project: The Missiliers and Rehearsing Doomsday
GSI Report December 31, 2000 Without first increasing public awareness of nuclear dangers, progress in eliminating them is unlikely. For several years, Senator Cranston and Jonathan Granoff have worked extensively with veteran Sixty Minutes II producer George...
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...
The NPT Atlanta Consultation
GSI Report January 30, 2000 On January 26-27, 2000, the Middle Powers Initiative and The Carter Center co-sponsored the Atlanta Consultation on the Future of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The purpose was to serve as a forum for groups to share thoughts on the...
In Memoriam: Alan MacGregor Cranston
(June 19, 1914-December 31, 2000) A Statement by the Global Security Institute January 1, 2001 Obituary Senator Alan Cranston died standing up. While preparing to start a new day, the 86 year old father, grandfather, friend, and leader passed away standing at his...
NATO Looks Backward, Nobel Peace Laureates Look Forward to Youth
by Jonanthan Granoff and Pavel PalazhchenkoHuffington Post May 31, 2012 NATO's Heads of State and Government met in Chicago on May 20 and 21. A few weeks earlier, April 23-25, the Nobel Peace Laureates gathered there for their annual summit. A city that could carry...
The Meaning of Iran’s Nuclear Weapon Program
by Rhianna Tyson KregerHuffington PostMay 18, 2012 Iran's presumed quest for nuclear weapons isn't just about nuclear weapons. It is also about prestige, and it is also about respect, both of which Iran believes it is entitled to, and neither of which it feels it...
Iran: All Options On the Table?
By Jonathan Granoff Huffington Post March 21, 2012 We hear a great deal of bravado on the best way to respond to the international security threat posed by Iran. The mantra of having "all options on the table" should include the many options beyond just...
Iran: The Course Ahead
By Thomas Graham Ambassadors Perspective March 15, 2012 Iran has been pursuing a nuclear program for nearly four decades. It began when the Shah was in power, was initially not continued by the Islamic Republic but by the late 1980’s was...
Reagan & Reykjavik
by James Goodby and Nathan Pyles The Hill November 21, 2011 The world recently marked the 25th anniversary of the historic Reykjavik summit, when President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev met in a simple clapboard house in...
More than Moralism: How Values Matter to Nuclear Security
by Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson Review of Faith & International Affairs August 2011 Nuclear weapons are devices; a means to a variety of ends. Ethical analysis must have compelling moral ends as the primary point of reference. By morally examining a...
Purpose, Ethics and Nuclear Weapons
by David Krieger counterpunch.org August 26-28, 2011 Recently, a friend sent me a copy of Admiral Hyman Rickover’s 1982 Morgenthau Memorial Lecture. The lecture, given under the auspices of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International...
International Security on the Road to Nuclear Security
by Dr. Nancy Gallagher The Nonproliferation Review June 2011 The disappointingly slow pace of progress on efforts to prevent proliferation, reduce nuclear weapons, and eliminate nuclear risks has many causes. The factor that might be easiest for individuals in the...
Nuclear Energy and Weapons: Uncontrollable in Time and Space
by Alyn Ware Huffington Post March 23, 2011 The earthquake and tsunami in Japan devastated a whole region. Radioactive emissions from the damaged nuclear reactors are very serious, and have already contaminated food and water, prompting a ban on food exports...
Wisdom or Fatal Folly
by Jonathan Granoff and Rhianna Tyson Kreger Huffington Post March 15, 2011 As the health impact of smoking became better known to Americans, the practice eventually diminished. The cigarette industry decided to look beyond US borders. Huge amounts of money are...
The path towards eliminating nukes is clear-cut
by Douglas Roche Embassy March 9, 2011 Two events have coincided to give the Canadian government a powerful opportunity to play a key role in the growing effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Both the Senate and the House of Commons have...
START-ing a new security
Huffington Post by Rhianna Tyson Kreger December 23, 2010 If you witnessed a lot of hubbub in Dupont Circle pubs last night, it's a good chance it was the celebrations of my passionate arms control friends and colleagues, relishing the victory that was...
Non-proliferation meets non-partisanship
Embassy by Douglas Roche December 15, 2010 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...
Bridging the Reality Gap
Huffington Post by Jonathan Granoff December 1, 2010 I've just returned from Hiroshima where Nobel Peace Laureates gathered for a three-day summit to renew their efforts to achieve the elimination of nuclear weapons. After hearing testimonies of...
An Ottawa Process for Nukes?
Embassy by Alyn Ware November 10, 2010 In 1996, Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy invited 'like-minded States' to Ottawa to draft a treaty banning landmines- bypassing negotiations on a more limited landmines control regime that were bogged down in...
Nobel Peace Laureates’ Summit: Inspiration From Hiroshima
Huffington Post by Jonathan Granoff November 4, 2010 The 11th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates will meet in Hiroshima, Japan, on November 12-14, and the Laureates, including President Mikhail Gorbachev and the Dalai Lama, are asking US President Barack...
The Human Capacity for Creativity and Destruction: How Will It All Play Out?
Huffington Post by Jonathan Granoff October 18, 2010 The natural world has value independent of the markets of man, and we ignore this fact at our peril. Corporations and states can no longer operate as if they are independent of the natural world....
Countdown to Zero: A compelling film with a critical message
Tikkun, and re-published in the Huffington Post by Jonathan Granoff and Rhianna Tyson Kreger July 29, 2010 A few years ago, Lawrence Bender and Jeffrey Skoll set out to make a new documentary about nuclear weapons, a film which would act as a wake up...