Space Security: Core Issues and Questions

Jul 12, 2012 | Events

Event Report by John Koogler, GSI & Sarah Estabrooks, Project Plougshares United Nations, New York October 11, 2005 United Nations, New York – On October 11, 2005, The Global Security Institute and the (Space Security Index (SSI)) co-hosted an event at the...

Lessons for the Future from the Crucible of Experience

Jul 12, 2012 | Events

Event Report by Matt Werner May 24, 2005 United Nations, New York – On May 24th, the Global Security Institute presented a panel of outstanding experts whose unique experiences at the center of the nuclear weapons crisis qualify them to offer insights for the...

Iran: The Course Ahead

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...

Arms Control Has Been Bipartisan

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

  Wall Street Journal LTE by Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.   In “Why Democrats Fail at Arms Control” (op-ed, Sept. 24), Stephen Rademaker argues that Democratic presidents have failed with Russia on strategic arms control agreements because of...

Nuclear Testing and Proliferation: An Inextricable Connection

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

Disarmament Diplomacy by Thomas Graham, J.r and David Hafemeister   President Obama’s call in Prague to complete the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was widely praised on the global stage. But what will be entailed for the United States to...

Mr. Obama and Nuclear Weapons

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

Washington Post Letter to the Editor Thomas Graham, Jr. April 13, 2009 Anne Applebaum claimed that worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons was President Obama’s idea [“Yes, We Can . . . Disarm?” op-ed, April 7]. But President Ronald Reagan called...

Restoring U.S. nuclear-free leadership

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

April 2, 2008 Washington Timesby Thomas Graham, Jr. and Max Kampelman   After a long dry spell, the seeds planted by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva in 1985 and Reykjavik in 1986, appear to be bearing fruit. Their declaration in Geneva that “a...

Think Again: US-India Nuclear Deal

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

The Deal Will Strengthen Only Indias Peaceful Nuclear Program False. The proposed agreement provides India with nuclear materials and technology from the United States. In exchange, India would divide its civilian and military nuclear programs, place safeguards on its...

A Pretty Poor Posture for a Superpower

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

March 13, 2002  ROBERT S. McNAMARA and THOMAS GRAHAM Jr.L.A. Times During the Cold War, peace was supported by the doctrine of “mutual assured destruction,” which simply meant that each side maintained second strike capability, thereby deterring...

NATO and Peace Would Gain from a No-First-Use Policy

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

December 15, 1999 By Thomas Graham, Jr., Robert Mcnamara and Jack MendelsohnL.A. Times We believe it is critical for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to reconsider its nuclear policy and agree to a no-first-use provision on nuclear weapons. Such a policy would...

GSI eNewsletter: A Message from BSG Chairman Thomas Graham

May 22, 2012 | Newsletter

January 21, 2008   Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. On January 15, former Secretaries of State George Schultz and Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of Defense William Perry and former Senator Sam Nunn published their second widely-circulated op/ed in the Wall Street...

Remarks by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.,

May 22, 2012 | Events, Speeches & Presentations

Remarks by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.,at the Arthur Armitage Award Ceremony honoring Jonathan Granoff Rutgers Law School-Camden June 11, 2009 We are here today to honor Jonathan Granoff, the 2009 recipient of the Arthur E. Armitage, Sr. Distinguished Alumni Award...

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

May 22, 2012 | Op Eds

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...

Books: Spy Satellites

May 22, 2012 | News and Updates

Much has been said and written about the failure of U.S. intelligence to prevent the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and its overestimation of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction under Saddam Hussein. This book focuses instead on the central role that...