U.S. Must Rethink Its Nuclear Policy

 June 9, 1998 By Alan Cranston San Francisco Chronicle India’s and Pakistan’s nuclear tests reveal the impotence of current policies intended to prevent proliferation. Moralizing appeals, threats of sanctions and offers of military and economic aid...

A Nuclear Crisis

 February 23, 2000 By Jimmy Carter Washington Post  Every five years, the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT) comes up for reassessment by the countries that have signed it. This is the treaty that provides for international restraints (and inspections) on...

The US-India Deal

GSI and MPI Adviser Jayantha Dhanapala talks about how the US-India nuclear cooperation deal violates the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

New Implications for the NPT 2005 Review

MPI Event Report by Matt Werner United Nations, New York November 4, 2004 United Nations, New York – On November 4, 2004, the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI) hosted a forum at the United Nations entitled, “New Implications for the NPT 2005 Review.”...

Spring eNewsletter: Table of Contents

May 30, 2008 The Global Security Institute (GSI) is pleased to announce that we have a new location for the New York office, which also serves as headquarters for the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI).          We remain very much grateful to Helena Durst and the Durst...

GSI eNewsletter: Summer 2010

A Message from the President One could reasonably assert that the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) is the third most important legal instrument of the 20th Century, standing behind the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Without...

Pacta Sunt Servanda: Promises to Keep

Pacta Sunt Servanda: Promises to Keep Jonathan Granoff, President, Global Security Institute UN Day Conference – Nuclear Disarmament: A Compass Point for Progress and Accountability On United Nations Day three years ago, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon set forth a...

“The Limits of Unilateralism” By Amb. Thomas Graham, Jr.

Remarks by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.Washington, DC October 2, 2003 Disarmament, arms control, is not a new issue. In the Middle Ages, the Pope outlawed the crossbow declaring it to be “hateful to God and unfit for Christians.” However, the crossbow was...