Apr 9, 2002 | Global Terrorism, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S., United Nations
United Nations New York April 9, 2002 Presented at the Closing Ceremony of the 2002 Gandhi and King Season for Nonviolence Cosponsored by: Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations, The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for...
Apr 8, 2002 | Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
New York April 8-19, 2002 The NPT should be supported by a permanent secretariat based at the United Nations. There needs to be a formal analysis of the best format for such a modest institutional requirement. NPT SECRETARIAT The NPT does not have a permanent...
Apr 8, 2002 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Ambassador Henrik Salander, Biothreats, Denuclearization, Douglas Roche, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Middle Powers Initiative, Nobel Summit, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Rose Gottemoeller, Russia, U.S., United Nations
New York April 8, 2002 On April 8, 2002 the opening day of the 2002 NPT Review Conference Preparatory Committee, the Middle Powers Initiative, a program of the Global Security Institute, hosted a Strategy Consultation at the United Nations in New York. The Strategy...
Apr 2, 2002 | Biothreats, Bipartisan Security Group, Denuclearization, Global Terrorism, Media, NATO, Rose Gottemoeller
On Nukes, We Need to Talk By Rose Gottemoeller Washington Post April 2, 2002 Twenty years have passed since we had a good fight over nuclear weapons, so in a way, the furor that has greeted the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review ought to be welcomed. The last time we got...
Mar 12, 2002 | China, Denuclearization, Douglas Roche, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., Weaponization of Space
March 12, 2002 Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate US political and legal obligations. The NPR is a...
Mar 12, 2002 | Canada, China, Douglas Roche, France, India, Israel, Media, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S.
Tuesday, March 12, 2002 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 news of a Bush administration policy...
Mar 12, 2002 | Canada, China, Douglas Roche, Iran, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, Libya, NATO, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., Uncategorized
Pentagon Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in US Nuclear Doctrine Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate...
Mar 2, 2002 | Canada, China, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, France, India, Israel, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S.
A)- Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate US political and legal obligations. The NPR is a political...
Feb 17, 2002 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Cold War, Denuclearization, Dr. Jane Goodall, Jonathan Granoff, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, U.S.
HAVERFORD, PA: In a two-day event, organized by the Global Security Institute, convened by primatologist and GSI Advisor Jane Goodall, and chaired by GSI President Jonathan Granoff, more than 800 people gathered at Haverford College, near Philadelphia, to focus on how...
Feb 14, 2002 | Denuclearization, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S., U.S. Congress
February 14, 2002 In December 2001, the Washington Post reported that some officials in the Bush administration were advocating the development of a new “usable” nuclear weapon or “mini-nuke.” Additional news articles in January 2002,...
Jan 1, 2002 | Biothreats, Denuclearization, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Nobel Summit, Nuclear Proliferation
2002 Annual Report Download Here (PDF) During this time of war, we must “refuse to accept the cynicism and despair that crushes hope and vision.” I invite you to join the Nobel Peace Laureates, who at a recent gathering in Rome affirmed strongly “our...
Jan 1, 2002 | Douglas Roche, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation
In January 2002, the GSI Board of Directors and the MPI International Steering Committee unanimously endorsed a resolution accepting “the Middle Powers Initiative [www.middlepowers.org]as a program of the Global Security Institute.” GSI will now take...
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...
Dec 4, 2001 | Douglas Roche, Jonathan Granoff, Media, U.S. Congress, Weaponization of Space
December 04, 2001 PHILADELPHIA: On the eve of the Bush Administration’s December 3 test of an anti-ballistic missile interceptor, a group of experts gathered in Philadelphia’s Friends Conference Center for a conference addressing the implications of...
Dec 4, 2001 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Douglas Roche, Jonathan Granoff, Media, North Korea, Russia, U.S., Weaponization of Space
December 4, 2001 PHILADELPHIA: On the eve of the Bush Administration’s December 3 test of an anti-ballistic missile interceptor, a group of experts gathered in Philadelphia’s Friends Conference Center for a conference addressing the implications of missile...
Dec 4, 2001 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Canada, Douglas Roche, Global Terrorism, Jonathan Granoff, U.S., Weaponization of Space
PHILADELPHIA: On the eve of the Bush Administration’s December 3 test of an anti-ballistic missile interceptor, a group of experts gathered in Philadelphia’s Friends Conference Center for a conference addressing the implications of missile defense on the...
Dec 1, 2001 | Denuclearization, Douglas Roche, Global Terrorism, Media, NPT, Russia, U.S., United Nations
14. Reducing Nuclear Danger: Priority Points 14.1A number of delegations referred to a recent report, “Reducing Nuclear Danger,” published by the U.N.’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters <...
Nov 12, 2001 | Global Terrorism, Iraq, Russia, United Nations
VIENNA, Nov. 10 – In the last year, there have been dozens of violations of nuclear security rules in Russia and at least one loss of fissile material; Taliban emissaries have tried to recruit Russian scientists, and terrorists have tried to stake out a...
Oct 21, 2001 | 9-11, Biothreats, China, Cold War, Cuba, Europe, Global Terrorism, India, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., Uncategorized, United Nations, United Nations Security Council
A Leading Role for the Security Council MOSCOW – In the past month, the world has witnessed something previously unknown: a common stand taken by America, Russia, Europe, India, China, Cuba, most of the Islamic world and numerous other regions and countries....
Oct 8, 2001 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Denuclearization, Global Terrorism, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S., United Nations
October 8, 2001 I begin by congratulating you, Mr. Chairman, upon your election to guide the work of this Committee. Your distinguished career equips you well for the tasks ahead — a career that, in the disarmament area, features your prominent role in the...
