Sep 12, 2018 | Denuclearization, Global Security Institute, News and Updates, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Russia, U.S.
In one of his most dangerous actions yet, the U.S. President has announced plans to withdraw the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). Two world leaders who negotiated the Treaty with President Reagan, have had strong words in two...
Aug 18, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Op Eds, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
The following excerpt originally appeared on TheWeek.com on August 7, 2015. […] As preachers, we know that the Bible’s Psalms tell us that “the days of our years are threescore and ten.” By that counting, then, the bomb has grown old, too. As...
May 2, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., United Nations
The below article, by Jonathan Granoff, was originally published in the Huffington Post on May 2, 2015. This month at the United Nations, 190 nations will gather to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which constrains the spread of nuclear weapons and...
Apr 29, 2015 | Iran, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, Nuclear Proliferation, Op Eds
Huffington Post on April 29, 2015. A deal with verifiable measure that helps prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons in exchange for taking steps to help it normalize its relationships with the rest of the world is a very good deal. Lifting sanctions will help...
Apr 24, 2015 | China, France, Global Security Institute, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., UK, Weapons of Mass Destruction
At the Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference later this month at the United Nations, the five nuclear weapon states recognized by the Treaty—the United States, Russia, Britain, France, and China—will come in for critical scrutiny from an international community...
Dec 30, 2014 | Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds, United Nations
Open Letter sent to President Obama by GSI President Jonathan Granoff Dear Mr. President, Thanks to you, Mr. President, during your administration, the United States of America has made significant progress in numerous areas of immense importance: providing affordable...
Dec 9, 2014 | Iran, Op Eds
Originally published by Foreign Policy, November 21, 2014 by Nancy Gallagher For the first time in more than a decade, the United States and Iran are both pushing hard to resolve their long-standing disagreements about Tehran’s nuclear program. Making that investment...
Jul 25, 2014 | Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Nuclear Proliferation, Op Eds
To many if not most, the present turmoil in the world is evidence of a world gone chaotic: the downed Malaysian airliners, the horrific consequences of increased militarization in Israel and Palestine, instability in Egypt, the steady ruination of Syria, the...
Sep 19, 2013 | Biothreats, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Terrorism, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., United Nations
This article originally appeared in the InterPress Service HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, U.S., Sep 18 2013 (IPS) – Every nation in the world has been invited to participate at the highest political level in the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear...
Feb 22, 2013 | Op Eds
Alyn Ware writes for InDepth News– February 21, 2013 A meteor blasting into the atmosphere over Siberia (on February 15), injuring about 1000 people with debris, provided a graphic warning of the risk of a larger meteor, or even an asteroid, hitting earth. About...
Jul 26, 2012 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, NPT
Dr. Deepak Chopra, one of the world’s most influential advocates of well being and peace, is featuring GSI President Jonathan Granoff on a series of interviews for his video blog, Intent, and Sirius Radio show. » Click here to watch clips from the first...
Jul 26, 2012 | Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, United Nations
Dear friends, This has been an historic week at the United Nations. The US President chairing a summit of the Security Council and its adoption of a far reaching resolution on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation is extraordinary. Moreover, it is indicative that...
Jul 26, 2012 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Ambassador Thomas Graham, Douglas Roche, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Michael Douglas, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Recently, several members of GSI’s leadership have been in the media: Middle Powers Initiative Chairman Emeritus Douglas Roche, O.C., published an op/ed in Embassy magazine calling on Canada and other middle powers to support US President Barack Obama’s...
Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds
by Rhianna Tyson KregerHuffington PostMay 18, 2012 Iran’s presumed quest for nuclear weapons isn’t just about nuclear weapons. It is also about prestige, and it is also about respect, both of which Iran believes it is entitled to, and neither of which it...
Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds
By Jonathan Granoff Huffington Post March 21, 2012 We hear a great deal of bravado on the best way to respond to the international security threat posed by Iran. The mantra of having “all options on the table” should include the many options...
Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds
By Thomas Graham Ambassadors Perspective March 15, 2012 Iran has been pursuing a nuclear program for nearly four decades. It began when the Shah was in power, was initially not continued by the Islamic Republic but by the late 1980’s was...
Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds
by Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson Review of Faith & International Affairs August 2011 Nuclear weapons are devices; a means to a variety of ends. Ethical analysis must have compelling moral ends as the primary point of reference. By morally examining a...
Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds
by David Krieger counterpunch.org August 26-28, 2011 Recently, a friend sent me a copy of Admiral Hyman Rickover’s 1982 Morgenthau Memorial Lecture. The lecture, given under the auspices of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International...
Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds
by Alyn Ware Huffington Post March 23, 2011 The earthquake and tsunami in Japan devastated a whole region. Radioactive emissions from the damaged nuclear reactors are very serious, and have already contaminated food and water, prompting a ban on food exports...
Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds
by Jonathan Granoff and Rhianna Tyson Kreger Huffington Post March 15, 2011 As the health impact of smoking became better known to Americans, the practice eventually diminished. The cigarette industry decided to look beyond US borders. Huge amounts of money are...
