The Iraq Inspections Worked, Lies Have Consequences

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

 October 28, 2004 by Jonathan Granoff Common Dreams The inspection disarmament efforts through the UN system worked in Iraq. The invasion was not necessary. Billions of dollars have been squandered, thousands of lives and limbs lost, and the people of Iraq live...

Citizens of the World, Unite

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

 June 30, 2004 By Kim Cranston San Francisco Chronicle As we witness the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq, I wonder what my father, the late Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., would have thought about the situation there. A few days before he passed away in December...

Permission Slips

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

 April 21, 2004 By Jonathan Granoff, Michael Doyle and Robert Grey Jr. Common Dreams People make mistakes. We should not be too surprised or dismayed at the failure of intelligence regarding weapons in Iraq. We now know that blood and treasure is being spent...

The Iraq Dilemma: The Iraq Dilemma

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

 January 10, 2003 By Jonathan Granoff San Diego Union Tribune War does not exist without the shedding of innocent blood. Under the best-case scenario, Iraq’s children – present victims of the Ba’ath Party mafiocracy with its Don, Saddam Hussein...

A Leading Role for the Security Council

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

 October 21, 2001 By Mikhail S. Gorbachev The New York Times MOSCOW – In the past month, the world has witnessed something previously unknown: a common stand taken by America, Russia, Europe, India, China, Cuba, most of the Islamic world and numerous other...

The Three Most Important Legal Instruments

Jun 28, 2012 | Video Blog

GSI President Jonathan Granoff discusses what he believes are the three most important legan instruments of the 20th century: the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the nuclear Non-Prolieration Treaty.  

Millennium Development Goals Awards Ceremony

Jun 20, 2012 | Events

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu The award ceremony was organized by the MDG Awards Committee in association with Humanitad. www.humanitad.org Highlight of the Humanitad produced event was the presentation of a Lifetime of Humanitarian Achievement Award to Archbishop...

Event: Humanitarian Law Versus Nuclear Weapons  

May 22, 2012 | Events

GSI Event Report October 25, 2010       A stimulating panel, Humanitarian Law Versus Nuclear Weapons, took as its theme the international community’s reaffirmation earlier this year that law governing the conduct of warfare applies in the nuclear...

New Implications for the NPT 2005 Review

May 22, 2012 | Policy Briefs and Reports

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.”...

MDG Awards Presentation by Jonathan Granoff

May 22, 2012 | Events

Millennium Development Goals Awards Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City, New York September 19, 2010 Jonathan Granoff, President Global Security Institute Perspectives Heads of State and Government, Your Excellencies, Friends,   World War I ended with a myopic...

GSI eNewsletter Event Report: December 10, 2007

May 22, 2012 | Newsletter

      A Message from the President Those of us who vigorously advocate for a nuclear weapon-free world are often thought to ignore positive efforts of nuclear weapon states. Let us put that to rest. Here is a short list of several noteworthy...

Progress on Disarmament

May 22, 2012 | Events

UN Secretary-General’s Five-Point Proposal, Presentations at the UN by Dr. William Perry and Dr. Henry Kissinger Dear friends, The hopes of the world are focused on the US presidential election. It is probably the most important election in recent history. The...

GSI eNewsletter: January 2012

May 22, 2012 | Newsletter

1. A Message from the President 2. DPE Activities – GSI hosts Ban Ki-moon on UN Day – Promoting the SG’s Five Point Proposal – Advancing International Humanitarian Law – Launching Nuclear Abolition Forum – A Call for Abolition from...

GSI eNewsletter: Summer 2010

May 22, 2012 | Newsletter

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...

Photo Gallery: 2005 Alan Cranston Peace Award

May 22, 2012 | Photo Galleries

Press Conference Photos by Danielle Bock Ted Turner (L), businessman and philanthropist, smiles as former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev speaks at a news conference to announce that Turner will receive the 2005 Alan Cranston Peace Award, at the United Nations in...