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What Shape Does Hope Take in a World We Can See is Rushing to Destroy Itself?
A Letter to Diplomats Negotiating in the United Nations First Committee
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Global Threats and New Thinking With Jonathan Granoff
Unshackle the Burden of Contradictions
Japan Urged to Push Nuclear Disarmament Principle at G7 Hiroshima Summit
International ‘Living Water for All’ Conference Marking UN World Water Day Held in Amritsar
The Role of Faith in International Affairs: Securing People’s Wellbeing and Planetary Sustainability
Thoughts on Nuclear Weapons From the Past That Have High Relevance Today
“If We Get Ever Other Issue Right, But Fail on Nuclear Weapons, We Won’t Last Long”
Canada Needs to Give More Support to UN’s New Agenda for Peace
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Watch: Jane Goodall and Jonathan Granoff at Oxford Union
Humanity faces critical challenges for which national responses are too narrow. New levels of cooperation are required for success. On November 30, 2021, world-renown primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall and GSI President Jonathan Granoff held a candid one...
Jonathan Granoff | Human-Centered Education
World Academy of Art and Science Title of the Panel: Educating Leaders for a Different Future Date: Dec 8, 2021 Event: 5th International Conference on Future Education - Global Leadership Challenges in Higher Education for Effective Multilateralism & Sustainable...
Genuine Human Security: with Jonathan Granoff and Maria Espinosa
An important dialogue with GSI President Jonathan Granoff and Maria Espinosa, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense of Ecuador and former President of the United Nations General Assembly. Ms. Espinosa was the first female UN Ambassador from Ecuador.
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What Shape Does Hope Take in a World We Can See is Rushing to Destroy Itself?
OPINION By Jim Creskey / October 16, 2023 Hope is rooted in our spirit. It is not a tangible thing we can put on the table to bargain over. Hope is a vision of the future, former senator Doug Roche writes in his latest book. The cover of Doug Roche’s new book, Keep...
Global Threats and New Thinking With Jonathan Granoff
When will we come together as a global community to eliminate the threats we face? What can we do as individuals to make a difference in the world? Listen to the podcast below, with music by Kitty Kallen, for some answers. This epic conversation between...
On July 23, the Basel Peace Office, of which GSI is a founding partner, launched Nuclear Games, a new film and an animated web-documentary addressing humanity's nuclear history and the risks and impacts of nuclear weapons and energy. The web-documentary includes...
Amb. Thomas Graham: Taiwan vs. Tyranny
The US Must Redouble Its Commitment to Secure this Shining Hill of Democracy in East Asia by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. and Mariana Budjeryn With a string of U.S. allies in East Asia wary of China’s rising power, the region is a focus of growing security concerns....
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A new series of video conversations between GSI President Jonathan Granoff and the people who have helped to shape the world on nuclear disarmament.
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The Deadly Consequences of Nuclear War
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The Man Who Saved the World
A 2013 feature-length Danish documentary film now available on Netflix. By filmmaker Peter Anthony, The Man Who Saved the World is the story of Stanislav Petrov, a former lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, and his role in preventing the 1983 Soviet...
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Jane Goodall, Mahatma Gandhi, religions of the world — all have changed our view of the world. Join us as we share our inspirations.
Kazakhstan: October 18 Celebrations, the Day of Spiritual Consent
In Kazakhstan, October 18 is celebrated as a day that unites the people around traditional moral values, promulgates the idea of tolerance and spiritual accord for the sake of peace and stability of Kazakhstan society. On October 18th 1992 the 1st World Congress of...
World Unity Week: Inner Peace and Outer Peace
GSI President Jonathan Granoff speaks on the relationship between inner peace and creating world peace, joined by Azza Karam, Secretary-General, Religions for Peace, Audrey Kitagwa, Founder, International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation, and Sadhvi Bhagawati...
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International ‘Living Water for All’ Conference Marking UN World Water Day Held in Amritsar
Religious leaders, academics and industry professionals gathered at the Nishkam International Centre, Amritsar to discuss how to accelerate change in overcoming water problems in Punjab and globally. “Accelerating change” was the theme of 2023 UN World Water Day being...
The Role of Faith in International Affairs: Securing People’s Wellbeing and Planetary Sustainability
More than 600 people attended the Ninth Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-based Organizations in International Affairs, held online on 24 January. Exploring the theme “Securing People’s Wellbeing and Planetary Sustainability,” the symposium was...
Thoughts on Nuclear Weapons From the Past That Have High Relevance Today
This presentation was given to the Framework Forum Roundtable in Geneva, Switzerland, on 18 April 2016. This event, sponsored by the Mission of Canada, Middle Powers Initiative, and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, took place seven years ago, yet still has...
“If We Get Ever Other Issue Right, But Fail on Nuclear Weapons, We Won’t Last Long”
On 24 November, Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, addressed the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs held in Zagreb, Croatia. The two-day conference called "Security, Science and Peace Conference 2022" was held from the 23rd...
Canada Needs to Give More Support to UN’s New Agenda for Peace
Russia won’t stop its aggression. NATO-backed Ukraine won’t cease its counter-offensive. The threat of nuclear conflict is growing. Unspeakable brutalities are discovered every day. Everybody wants to curse the darkness. But there is one candle of...
Human Security: Virtuous, Practical, Urgent, and Necessary
Humanity is making itself an endangered species. Change is needed. Human security is the direct, accurate, and needed framework to generate that change. Continuing without a paradigm change will surely lead to disaster. Download a printable copy here Jonathan Granoff...
UN Speech: “More Capacity to Destroy Will Not Bring More Peace.”
"Human Security and the Imperative of Fulfillment of NPT Promises" — Presented by GSI President Jonathan Granoff on August 5, 2022, at the United Nations General Assembly Hall, United Nations, New York City, as part of the 10th Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty...
Context for Needed Nuclear Policy Change
Astana Club, Global Alliance of Leaders| Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan | November 15-17, 2021By Jonathan Granoff, President, Global Security Institute History never stands still. The movement of nations can be guided by their agreements which become law through treaties or...
Proposal for a UN General Assembly Resolution on the Threat of Nuclear-Weapons-Use Arising From the Ukraine Conflict
Abolition 2000 Nuclear Risk Reduction Working Group, Basel Peace Office, Global Security Institute, Human Survival Project, People for Nuclear Disarmament, World Future Council, Zona Libre Any use of nuclear weapons, arising from the Ukraine conflict, or from any...
World’s Only Surviving Multilateral Nuclear Weapons Treaty is on the Verge of Collapse
Photo: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in Ottawa. Does anybody care that the world's only surviving multilateral nuclear weapons treaty — the one designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons around the world — is on the verge of collapse. Parliament...
Nuclear Strategy and Ending the War in Ukraine
By Oscar Arias, Nobel Peace Laureate, former President of Costa Rica, and Advisory Board Member of the Global Security Institute, and Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute. It is time for bolder efforts to make peace in Ukraine. War, like fire,...
Human Security: A Strong Foundation for Multilateral Cooperation
Published in the Cadmus Journal Volume 4, Issue 6, June 2022 Today, numerous threats challenge every person on our fragile planet. The ancient admonition found in the Upanishads that the world is one family might be understood as a necessary and very practical...
A Special Conversation on Responding to the Greatest Threats to Humanity
"I’m delighted to open this conference," said Prof. Charles Moxley, Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University. "We’ve been gratified by the turnout. A substantial number of people have shown an interest in this subject. Our purpose in focusing on this area is...
The United Nations Can Help us Get Through These Dark Days
By Douglas Rouche, Board of Advisors, Global Security Institute Russia's war on Ukraine must be strongly condemned, but that war, heinous as it is, does not invalidate the right to peace. If anything, it reinforces the overriding imperative of building a world...
Dr. William J Perry Addresses Stanford: “Reducing Nuclear Danger”
On May 17, 2022, Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security institute awarded the Alan Cranston Peace Award to Dr. William J Perry at a gathering at Stanford University, Center for International Security and Cooperation. Below, is Dr. Perry's keynote speech. I...