Apr 23, 2012 | Denuclearization, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., Weaponization of Space
Forsaking Space Weapons Would Spur Peace Op-ed by Rhianna Tyson Tensions, it seems, between the US and Russia heighten daily. Increasingly hostile rhetoric is slung from both sides in a tactical volley best characterized as dumb and dumber. One side’s foolhardy plans...
Mar 1, 2011 | China, France, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S.
Japan Crisis Highlights the Dangers of Nuclearism Too many pundits on the airwaves and blogosphere are focused on the technological minutiae of what has– and continues– to go wrong at the Fukushima reactors in Japan. Too few are humble enough to...
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...
Sep 24, 2008 | Bipartisan Security Group, Media, Michael Douglas, Nuclear Proliferation
MEDIA ADVISORY Putting an end to nuclear test explosions! Ministerial Level Conference on September 24 featuring: UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON, FORMER US DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLIAM PERRY, UN MESSENGER OF PEACE MICHAEL DOUGLAS Leading international...
Aug 1, 2008 | Media, Middle Powers Initiative
Document Title Dear ${member.firstname}, With the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly upon us, the Global Security Institute is primed to take on one of our busiest seasons yet. I’d like to draw your attention to our August 2008 Events Calendar,...
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...
Apr 8, 2008 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Biothreats, Cold War, DPE, India, Iran, Israel, Media, North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., U.S. National Security
Washington Times April 2, 2008 After a long dry spell, the seeds planted by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva in 1985 and Reykjavik in 1986, appear to be bearing fruit. Their declaration in Geneva that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must...
Apr 4, 2008 | Media
Richard Belzer to Host GSI President Jonathan Granoff on Air America Radio Wednesday, April 16 3-6 PM On Wednesday, April 16, GSI President Jonathan Granoff joins Guest Host Richard Belzer on the new Air America Radio program, “American Afternoon,”...
Mar 9, 2008 | Iran, Jonathan Granoff, Media, United Nations
Iran Conference Report by Jonathan Granoff President, Global Security Institute Photo courtesy of Michael Collopy The Institute for Political and International Studies of the Foreign Ministry of Iran held a high level conference in Tehran on March 9, 2008...
Feb 23, 2008 | Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, Media
H.E. President Janez Drnovšek (1950-2008) IN MEMORIAM: H.E. President Janez Drnovšek The Global Security Institute mourns the loss of H.E. Mr. Janez Drnovšek, former President of Slovenia, who died in his home on February 23, 2008 in Zaplana, Slovenia, at the...
Dec 19, 2007 | Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S., United Nations
December 19, 2007 This article was originally published in GSI’s December 2007 eNewsletter and was reprinted in Embassy magazine December 19, 2007. by Jonathan Granoff Those of us who vigorously advocate for a nuclear weapon-free world are often thought...
Nov 11, 2007 | Biothreats, Bipartisan Security Group, Global Terrorism
Room B-354, Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC – Former chief US weapons inspector in Iraq, David Kay, will be part of a lunchtime panel discussion on developing international policies to reduce the threats from biological weapons. The panel will...
Oct 15, 2007 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Bipartisan Security Group, Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Weaponization of Space
October 15, 2007 UN panelists (front to back): Mr. Valery Semin (Russia), Dr. Patricia Lewis (UNIDIR), Chairman Jonathan Granoff (GSI), Mr. Li Yang (China), Amb. Thomas Graham (BSG) Ambassador Paul Meyers from Canada once referred to the First Committee of the UN...
Oct 11, 2007 | Christie Brinkley, Denuclearization, Media, Middle Powers Initiative, Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament, U.S., United Nations
October 11, 2007 United Nations, New York A GSI-PNND Project Report L-R: Rhianna Tyson, Christie Brinkley and Cora Weiss Click here for a full photo gallery “What’s a model have to do with nuclear weapons?” asked Christie Brinkley, speaking at a panel event on the...
Oct 10, 2007 | Christie Brinkley, Denuclearization, Media, Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament, Russia, U.S.
United Nations, Conference Room 6 October 15, 2007 Introductory remarks by Rhianna Tyson Senior Officer Global Security Institute On behalf of the Global Security Institute and the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament, a GSI program and our co-sponsor today,...
Aug 9, 2007 | Global Terrorism, Hiroshima, Japan, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S. Congress, United Nations
It is such an honor and a pleasure to speak here today on the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. As an American, I feel a profound responsibility to work to ensure that nuclear weapons are never again used and to commemorate this anniversary with...
May 3, 2007 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament, Senator Ed Markey, U.S., U.S. Congress, Weaponization of Space
Overview On May 3 and 4, 2007, a delegation comprised of Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., Chairman of the Bipartisan Security Group, Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, and Dr. Hans Blix, Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)...
Apr 21, 2007 | Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Nuclear Proliferation
DC: I am Deepak Chopra, this is Wellness Radio. I have a very special guest in the next segment, I will tell you about him in a minute but let’s start off with this beautiful poem from Rumi it’s called Dervishes: You’ve heard descriptions of the ocean of...
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...
Aug 23, 2005 | Bipartisan Security Group, Denuclearization, Media, North Korea
The Process in Place By Rose Gottemoeller The New York Times Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Washington – Negotiators in Beijing have left the most recent round of the six-nation talks on stability and nuclear disarmament on the Korean Peninsula confronted with a North...
