Apr 24, 2008 | China, Cold War, France, Global Terrorism, India, Israel, Japan, Media, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., United Nations
prepared for the Model United Nations convention Marriot Marquis, New York City April 24, 2008 Thanks again to the organizers for inviting me back here to discuss nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation to this outstanding group of young people. From briefly...
Aug 6, 2005 | DPE, Global Security Institute, Hiroshima, Japan, Nagasaki, U.S.
In the weeks following the atomic attacks on Japan almost 60 years ago, and then for decades afterward, the United States engaged in airtight suppression of all film shot in Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the bombings. This included footage shot by U.S. military...
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...
Jan 10, 2003 | Bipartisan Security Group, Denuclearization, Global Terrorism, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, Robert Grey, U.S., United Nations
Sept. 11, 2001 focused the attention of the world on the threat of global terrorism, and the international community responded collectively to the threat it posed. But the tools for collective international action are being undermined by a small, radical and...
Aug 2, 2002 | Cuba, India, Israel, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, U.S., United Nations
South Asia experts, religious leaders, trade consultants and activists participated in a one-day symposium organized by the Policy Institute for Religion and State (PIRS) in Washington, D.C., on July 18 to discuss different issues confronting South Asia. Four...
Jan 1, 2002 | Cold War, India, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., Uncategorized
1. DE-ALERT ARSENALS Most Americans do not know that both the U.S. and Russia maintain a policy requiring that their nuclear arsenals, including more than 6000 strategic warheads in silos and submarines, remain on a Cold War level of hair-trigger alert, ready to...
Oct 14, 2001 | 9-11, Ambassador Dhanapala, Denuclearization, Disarmament, GSI News, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, United Nations
AboutGSI Who We Are What You CanDo Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter SignUp UNITED NATIONS — Delivering a clarion call for nuclear disarmament, former US Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara was the focal point of...
Mar 7, 2001 | Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NATO, Russia, U.S.
March 7, 2001 GRANOFF: We are privileged to have with us today Theodore C. Sorensen who was one of the key participants in helping to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. For eleven years, Mr. Sorensen served as a key policy advisor, legal counsel and...
Mar 7, 2001 | Global Terrorism, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., United Nations
March 7, 2001 Jonathan Granoff (JG): We have the privilege of speaking with Ambassador Richard Butler. Why is Thirteen Days an important movie for the people to see? Richard Butler (RB): Jonathan, there have been two occasions which reveal the full power and horror of...
Mar 7, 2001 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
March 7, 2001 JONATHAN GRANOFF: We are privileged to have with us Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala who is the Under Secretary General of the United Nations with the special charge of Disarmament Affairs. Why is the movie Thirteen Days an important movie? AMBASSADOR...
Mar 7, 2001 | Jonathan Granoff, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S., United Nations
Questions and Answers About Thirteen Days with Ted Sorenson, Richard Butler, and Jonathan Granoff March 7, 2001 Q: I am a consultant from the United Nations. Do you think that the situation today has changed, and that we have reached a comfort zone with these weapons...
Mar 7, 2001 | Cuba, Japan, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., United Nations
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 Nations. Participants...
Mar 7, 2001 | Global Terrorism, GSI News, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Jonathan Granoff (JG): We have the privilege of speaking with Ambassador Richard Butler. Why is Thirteen Days an important movie for the people to see?...
Mar 1, 2001 | Denuclearization, Media, Middle Powers Initiative, U.S.
Project Report March 1, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C.: On February 6th, the GSI hosted an exclusive screening of Thirteen Days for the U.S. Congress. The screening of the critically acclaimed drama about the Cuban Missile Crisis was held in the Coolidge Auditorium of the...
Feb 16, 2001 | China, India, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, Senator Ed Markey, U.S., U.S. Congress
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,...
Feb 8, 2001 | China, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Ed Markey
The Washington Post February 8, 2001 On the long bus ride back from their weekend retreat in Pennsylvania, despondent Democrats watched “Thirteen Days,” the somber and gripping dramatization of the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. After it was over, they...
Jan 31, 2001 | Events, Global Security Institute, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S. Congress, United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Thirteen Days, the critically acclaimed dramatization of the Cuban Missile Crisis staring Kevin Costner, will be the first film screened by President...
Feb 1, 1998 | Ambassador Dhanapala, China, Cold War, Denuclearization, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S., United Nations
The end of the Cold War has wrought a profound transformation of the international political and security arena. Idealogical confrontation has been supplanted by burgeoning global relations across every field of human endeavor. There is intense alienation but also...
