Congratulations to GSI Senior Officer Rhianna Tyson Kreger

Jul 16, 2012 | GSI News

We are extremely pleased that GSI Senior Officer Rhianna Tyson Kreger is the new Managing Editor for The Nonproliferation Review, the peer-reviewed journal published by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), based out of Monterey Institute for...

The Meaning of Iran’s Nuclear Weapon Program

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...

Wisdom or Fatal Folly

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...

START-ing a new security

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

  Huffington Post by Rhianna Tyson Kreger December 23, 2010   If you witnessed a lot of hubbub in Dupont Circle pubs last night, it’s a good chance it was the celebrations of my passionate arms control friends and colleagues, relishing the victory that...

Countdown to Zero: A compelling film with a critical message

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

  Tikkun, and re-published in the Huffington Post by Jonathan Granoff and Rhianna Tyson Kreger July 29, 2010   A few years ago, Lawrence Bender and Jeffrey Skoll set out to make a new documentary about nuclear weapons, a film which would act as a wake up...

Re-thinking Israeli Security

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

Huffington Post by Rhianna Tyson Kreger June 14, 2010   Jewish ingenuity helped create the weapon that is now the greatest threat to our survival. Let it also be Jewish brilliance, leadership, and morality that contribute towards the liberation of all humanity...

One Small Step for the Council, One Giant Leap for Humankind

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

Huffington Post by Jonathan Granoff and Rhianna Tyson Kreger   President Obama’s historic Security Council summit on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation should be seen for what it is: an extremely important step towards a safer, saner, more secure...

A Clarifying Call

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

  Disarmament Times by Rhianna Tyson Spring 2009 With the ushering in of the Obama administration, the mood of the international security community has drastically changed. We have moved far from that low point in May 2005, when the Review Conference of the...

Forsaking Space Weapons Would Spur Peace

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

March 26, 2008 Op-ed by Rhianna Tyson Commondreams.org 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 to...

UN Event: Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century

May 22, 2012 | Events

Presentation by Rhianna Tyson Senior Officer of the Global Security Institute prepared for the Model United Nations conventionMarriot Marquis, New York CityApril 24, 2008 Thanks again to the organizers for inviting me back here to discuss nuclear disarmament and...

Forsaking Space Weapons Would Spur Peace

May 22, 2012 | Op Eds

Op-ed by Rhianna Tyson Click here for the original publication at Commondreams.org 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...

Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century

May 22, 2012 | Speeches & Presentations

Presentation by Rhianna Tyson Senior Officer of the Global Security Institute prepared for the Model United Nations conventionMarriot Marquis, New York CityApril 24, 2008 Thanks again to the organizers for inviting me back here to discuss nuclear disarmament and...

Forsaking Space Weapons Would Spur Peace

May 22, 2012 | Op Eds

Op-ed by Rhianna Tyson Click here for the original publication at Commondreams.org 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...

The Middle East: Peacemaking and the NPT

May 21, 2010 | Video Blog

  May 21, 2010 At the height of the negotiations on the Middle East at the NPT Review Conference, GSI Senior Officer Rhianna Tyson chaired a session organized by Greenpeace Mediterranean, Israel. Speakers included MPI Expert Consultant Dr. Rebecca Johnson, Anne...

Progressive Initiatives

May 9, 2009 | Video Blog

May 9, 2009 Christie Brinkley, former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans, MPI Chairman Henrik Salander and Hideo Hiraoka, MP, Japan, spoke at a special event during the 2009 NPT Preparatory Committee conference, chaired by GSI Senior Officer Rhianna Tyson. Watch...

nuke.

Jan 1, 2009 | Video Blog

Funded by the Greenwich Forum on War and Peace, Ben Millstein explores four questions about our nuclear age: what’s the problem with today’s system for keeping nukes under control; what are the major nuclear threats today; how does the international...

World Federation of United Nations Association

Feb 28, 2008 | Video Blog

February, 2008 In the lead up to their Model UN Conference, WFUNA asks GSI President Jonathan Granoff and Senior Officer Rhianna Tyson what can lead governments to stay away from, or do away with, nuclear weapons? » Watch Jonathan Granoff’s...