The path towards eliminating nukes is clear-cut

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

  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...

Non-proliferation meets non-partisanship

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

  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...

Will Canada go the non-proliferation distance?

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

Embassy by Douglas Roche, O.C. April 14, 2010   US President Barack Obama dramatized world attention on nuclear dangers during his extraordinary 47-nation Washington summit this week by warning that just an apple-sized container of plutonium could set off a...

Harper government missing on nonproliferation

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

Embassy by Douglas Roche and Ernie Regehr February 3, 2010   High-ranking officials of the US State Department, NATO and the United Nations were in Ottawa last week to meet with the leaders of five national nuclear disarmament groups and experienced civil society...

A Well-Deserved Nobel Prize

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

  The Edmonton Journal by Douglas Roche   “But he hasn’t done anything yet!” That sentence was on the lips of skeptics the minute they heard that President Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize. The doubters are wrong. Obama has...

Obama Needs Friends on Nuclear Weapons

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

  Embassy by MPI Chairman Emeritus Douglas Roche August 19, 2009   When President Barack Obama chairs a summit of the UN Security Council Sept. 24 on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, a new and exciting moment will have arrived in the long struggle...

Prophet Obama’s Fight for Peace

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

Embassy by Douglas Roche May 6, 2009 In the first 100 days of his presidency, Barack Obama has started to move the United States towards a culture of peace, a remarkable achievement in a world still torn by conflict. His actions on winding down the war in Iraq,...

Sleepwalking in a Nuclear Minefield

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

April 2008 Sojourners The United States still worships at the altar of nuclear weapons – yet cries ‘heresy’ when others want to join the sect. by Douglas Roche Reprinted with permission. Contact Sojourners at www.sojo.net or +1 (800) 714-7474 As the...

A New Moment for Non-Proliferation

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

Disarmament Times Spring, 2007, Vol. 30, No. 1 by Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. The first preparatory meeting for the 2010 Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty is set to begin in Vienna on April 30, beginning a new cycle in the long struggle to rid the world...

Best Way to Build World Stability

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

 October 5, 2002 By Jonathan Granoff and Douglas Roche Financial Times Sir, If Iraq is developing weapons of mass destruction, their control and elimination must be done in an effective manner that reinforces international stability. It is in the utmost interest...

Rethink the Unthinkable

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

 March 12, 2002 By Senator Douglas Roche The Globe and Mail The idea of waging nuclear war is taking flight in Washington. Canada must protest, says Douglas Roche, former chair of the UN Disarmament Committee. Nuclear weapons are back on the front pages, with...

Op Ed by Doug Roche: Non-proliferation meets non-partisanship

May 22, 2012 | Op Eds

Op-ed by Douglas Roche Embassy, December 15, 2010, p. 15 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...

GSI eNewsletter: October 1, 2004

May 22, 2012 | Newsletter

Dear Friends: The Presidential election in the U.S. will have an enormous impact on the world’s future. During the first Presidential Debate, the candidates both declared that the most important and serious issue before America and the world is the threat...

GSI eNewsletter: A message from the President

May 22, 2012 | Newsletter

GSI President Jonathan Granoff   A message from the President Humanity is mastering the energies operating at a subatomic level and has begun to unravel the mysteries of the genetic code. With advances into ever new realms of discovery, capacities for blessing...

Global Security Institute eNewsletter (15)

May 22, 2012 | Newsletter

March 27, 2007 A Message from GSI President Jonathan Granoff Dear friends, Hon. Douglas Roche O.C., Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative, delivered an impassioned speech, “Turning Pessimism into Optimism: A Growing Consensus on Nuclear Disarmament,” at...

Global Security Institute eNewsletter: August 10, 2005

May 22, 2012 | Newsletter

Dear Friends: Senator Douglas Roche, O.C., Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative recently joined GSI Advisory Board Member and Mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba, in Japan at commemorative events surrounding the 60th Anniversary of the bombings of...

GSI eNewsletter: October 1, 2004

May 22, 2012 | Newsletter

Dear Friends: The Presidential election in the U.S. will have an enormous impact on the world’s future. During the first Presidential Debate, the candidates both declared that the most important and serious issue before America and the world is the threat...

Books: Global Conscience

May 22, 2012 | News and Updates

» Receive a signed copy with your contribution of $100 or more to the Global Security Institute. Global Conscience By Douglas Roche Already the 21st century looks like a repeat of the 20th: every day brings more news of war, poverty, human rights violations and...