Sep 11, 2015 | Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, United Nations
September 2015 A Message from the President Dear friends, One of the most inspiring and unique inclusions in this eNewsletter is a a short report about the first International Day of Yoga, held at the United Nations, where I had the profound pleasure of...
Apr 5, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, NPT, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, United Nations
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has 190 member States, more than any other treaty addressing weapons. From April 28-May 9, 2014 its members met in the Trusteeship Council chambers of the United Nations in New York City and failed to make progress on reducing no...
Dec 2, 2013 | DPE, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Video Blog
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....
Sep 3, 2013 | Disarmament and Peace Education, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff
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...
Jun 8, 2012 | News and Updates
October 24, 2011– “We know that the world of tomorrow is shaped by the decisions we make today. A world free of nuclear weapons is a concrete possibility,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at the high-level conference commemorating United Nations...