Dec 30, 2005 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Cold War, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., Weaponization of Space
The United States and Russia maintain thousands of nuclear warheads on long-range ballistic missiles on 15-minute alert. Once launched, they cannot be recalled, and they will strike their targets in roughly 30 minutes. Fifteen years after the end of the Cold...
Aug 13, 2001 | China, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., United Nations, Weaponization of Space
To the Editor: Conservatives and liberals alike should be wary of the alarmist rhetoric of Americans for Missile Defense (news article, Aug. 6). The coalition’s spokesman, Jeffrey Baxter, suggests that we need a missile defense rather than diplomacy:...
Aug 13, 2001 | China, India, Iran, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, Libya, North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, U.S., United Nations, Weaponization of Space
Our Best Defense To the Editor: Conservatives and liberals alike should be wary of the alarmist rhetoric of Americans for Missile Defense (news article, Aug. 6). The coalition’s spokesman, Jeffrey Baxter, suggests that we need a missile defense rather...
Aug 11, 2001 | China, Jonathan Granoff, Media, NPT, Russia, U.S., United Nations, Weaponization of Space
Missile Defense a Threat By Jonathan Dean and Jonathan Granoff Chicago Sun Times Commentary August 11, 2001 In their July 22 meeting in Genoa, Italy, President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to consider the topics of national missile defense and...
Jun 25, 2001 | China, Cold War, Denuclearization, Europe, Jonathan Granoff, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
June 25, 2001 U.S. Mayors Ask Bush to Commit to Eliminating Nuclear Weapons DETROIT: As President Bush addressed the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Detroit today, a statement from mayors of major cities in the U. S. and abroad was released, calling on him to reduce and...
Jun 12, 2001 | China, Media, Russia
Reuters June 12, 2001 WASHINGTON (Reuters): As President Bush opened his first trip to Europe with missile defense high on the agenda, congressional Democrats on Tuesday renewed their opposition to deploying a national missile defense before it is proven ready. At a...
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...
Oct 3, 2000 | Cold War, Denuclearization, Media, U.S.
October 3, 2000 The end of the Cold War has offered the most promising opportunity since the advent of nuclear arms in 1945 to free the world from nuclear danger. Instead we witness the spread of nuclear weapon technology and a deepening crisis of the nuclear...
Aug 11, 2000 | China, Cold War, Global Terrorism, Iran, North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO — A highly classified new report by the nation’s key intelligence agencies issued Thursday raises new questions about the efficacy of President Clinton’s proposed missile defense system as a deterrent to nuclear conflict. According to...
Aug 11, 2000 | China, Cold War, DPE, North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO — A highly classified new report by the nation’s key intelligence agencies issued Thursday raises new questions about the efficacy of President Clinton’s proposed missile defense system as a deterrent to nuclear conflict....
Jun 21, 2000 | Cold War, Media, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
June 21, 2000 We, military professionals and religious leaders, have been brought together by a common conviction. We deeply believe that the long-term reliance on nuclear weapons in the arsenals of the nuclear powers, and the ever-present danger of their acquisition...
Jun 4, 2000 | China, Cold War, Media, NATO, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
June 4, 2000 When Air Force One touched down in Moscow yesterday, nuclear politics again took center stage, just as they did so often during the Cold War. Nearly three decades ago, the Nixon administration and the Brezhnev regime came to agreement on a “big...
Jun 4, 2000 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, China, Denuclearization, Iran, Iraq, Media, North Korea, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
June 4, 2000 YOU ARE POINTING a loaded machine gun at someone just a few feet away. His loaded machine gun is aimed at your chest. You’ve been doing this for 50 years, and now your adversary is weaker and less bellicose — but you still aren’t sure if...
May 16, 2000 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
May 16, 2000 SAN FRANCISCO: On Thursday May 18th, Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., Special Representative of the President for Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament from 1994-1997 and the President of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security (LAWS) will be at...
Apr 11, 2000 | China, Cold War, Denuclearization, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
April 11, 2000 The end of the Cold War did little to reduce the danger of nuclear weapons, according to the participants in a panel discussion sponsored by the Center for International Security and Arms Control. In the discussion titled “So You Think Nuclear...
Dec 5, 1996 | China, Cold War, Denuclearization, France, Global Terrorism, India, Israel, Japan, Pakistan, Russia, U.S.
We, military professionals, who have devoted our lives to the national security of our countries and our peoples, are convinced that the continuing existence of nuclear weapons in the armories of nuclear powers, and the ever present threat of acquisition of...
Nov 1, 1996 | Biothreats, Denuclearization, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S.
November 01, 1996 As senior military officers, we have given close attention over many years to the role of nuclear weapons as well as the risks they involve. With the end of the Cold War, these weapons are of sharply reduced utility, and there is much now to be...
