Apr 14, 2017 | Denuclearization, News and Updates, NPT, Op Eds, United Nations
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...
May 2, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., United Nations
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...
Nov 5, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, United Nations
Events, reports, and analysis Mahatma Gandhi at the United Nations photo credit: Michael Greene A Message from the President On September 26, 2014, the United Nations commemorated the inaugural International Day for the Total...
Nov 26, 2013 | Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff
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...
Oct 28, 2013 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Disarmament, Events, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, U.S., 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...
Aug 15, 2012 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Events, Global Security Institute, Iran, Jonathan Granoff, North Korea, NPT, Rose Gottemoeller, U.S.
Law, US Security and Nuclear Weapons: The Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty and Beyond Ambassador Rose Gottemoeller Ambassador Thomas Graham On July 20, 2012, a dynamic and informative teleconference was convened by the International Law Section of the American Bar...
Oct 24, 2011 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Global Security Institute, Nuclear Proliferation, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, United Nations
Monday October 24, 2011 Hosted by the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations On October 24, 2011, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) and the Parliamentarian Network for Conflict Prevention (a project of the East-West...
Oct 23, 2011 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Global Security Institute, NPT, Robert Grey, United Nations
Forty diplomats and civil society experts gathered at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations to participate in a workshop titled “Nuclear Weapons Convention or Framework of Agreements: Exploring Proposals for Nuclear Disarmament,” organized as an...
Oct 24, 2008 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Ambassador Henrik Salander, Biothreats, Cold War, Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NPT, U.S., United Nations
A workshop of “Seizing the Moment: A One-Day Consultation on Breakthrough Measures to Build a New East West Consensus on Weapons of Mass Destruction and Disarmament” co-sponsored by the EastWest Institute, the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, the British-American...
Aug 25, 2008 | Douglas Roche, Global Security Institute, India, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, NPT, U.S.
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...
Jan 25, 2007 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Bipartisan Security Group, Cold War, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, North Korea, NPT, Op Eds, Robert Grey
Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is a pleasure to share “A World Free of Nuclear Weapons”, an op-ed by George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn which was published in The Wall Street Journal on January 4, 2007. It is a seminal document in...
Sep 26, 2006 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Global Terrorism, India, Jonathan Granoff, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., U.S. Congress
Washington, DC – On September 26, 2006 a hearing was held by the in House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations entitled “Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Nuclear...
Jun 30, 2005 | China, Cold War, Disarmament, France, Global Security Institute, Nagasaki, NATO, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., UK
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Robert McNamara is worried. He knows how close we’ve come. His counsel helped the Kennedy administration avert nuclear catastrophe...
May 10, 2005 | Biothreats, Denuclearization, Disarmament, DPE, Global Security Institute, Iran, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, North Korea, NPT, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S., United Nations
“The United States could not preach temperance from a barstool”, United States Congressman Ed Markey said yesterday at a Headquarters press conference, referring to the United States’ interest in developing a nuclear...
May 9, 2005 | China, Disarmament, Events, France, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Read the UN Press Briefing On May 9th, the Global Security Institute, in partnership with The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission and the Simons...
Mar 28, 2005 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Biothreats, Cold War, DPE, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, News and Updates, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
Gorbachev Expected to Call for a New Era of Glasnost and Perestroika for Addressing the Continued, Dangerous Existence of Nuclear Arsenals Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell To Preside Over United Nations Ceremony NEW YORK, March 28 2005-Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev...
Nov 12, 2004 | Cold War, DPE, Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
From 10-13 November, twenty-three Nobel peace laureates and laureate organizations met in Rome, Italy for the 5th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. As in previous years, their annual Summit was organized by the Gorbachev Foundation and co-hosted by former Soviet...
Nov 11, 2004 | China, Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Remarks by M S Swaminathan President, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World AffairsI. Guiding principles of ethical economics Spreading the concept...
Nov 5, 2004 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Bipartisan Security Group, China, Cold War, Denuclearization, DPE, France, Global Security Institute, India, Iraq, Israel, North Korea, NPT, Pakistan, Russia, Speeches & Presentations, U.S., UK
In 1958, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan made clear the reason the United Kingdom acquired nuclear weapons. Referring to the British nuclear weapon program, Macmillan said in a television interview that “the independent contribution [i.e., British...
Sep 2, 2003 | 9-11, Global Terrorism, India, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, NPT, Pakistan, Russia, U.S.
Introduction. The Center for Analysis and Planning of the Greek Ministry for Foreign Affairs organized in Athens on May 30-31 2003 an International Conference on Nuclear Proliferation. The participants (see Appendix I) were from nations that possess nuclear...