Author: Global Security Institute

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Scaling Up Action for Sustainable Development Goals: Finance, Institutions and Politics

On 13 and 14 February, 2025 the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UNGA hosted some 300 participants, including parliamentarians, Speakers of Parliament, advisers and experts, from more than 60 countries at […]

Nuclear Weapons and International Law 2025: Nuclear Risks through a Legal Lens

At an online event hosted by the New York State Bar Association on 30 January 2025, legal experts discussed the topic of “Nuclear Weapons and International Law 2025: Nuclear Risks through […]

Shaping the Future of Education with the UNDP

In a panel discussion at Istinye University in Istanbul on 12 December, 2024 titled “A Vision of Future Education,” GSI President, Jonathan Granoff, spoke with top UNDP representatives on the […]

Protecting Our Common Climate System, Earth Governance for a Sustainable Future: An Interfaith Appeal at COP29

“Humanity must reach beyond nationalism to build fit-for-purpose global governance for managing the Earth’s atmosphere – our common climate system,” according to over 400 religious, faith and values-based individuals and […]

Ambassador Douglas Roche on Peace, Disarmament and International Law

As a parliamentarian, ambassador, and senator, Amb. Douglas Roche has been the leading peace activist in Canada for a generation. He recently reminisced about peace, disarmament, international law, UN reform […]

Why Aren’t Nuclear Weapons a Key Issue in This Election?

This is a sermon delivered by the Rt. Reverend William E. Swing at Grace Cathedral, October 27, 2024 In ten days, we will elect a president of the United States. Among […]

Ukraine and Russia: The Causes of the Conflict, Diplomacy, and Possibilities for Peace

On October 24, a webinar co-sponsored by the Group of 78, the G20 Interfaith Forum, and the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation (IAMC) addressed the topic: “Ukraine and Russia: The […]

Japanese Survivors of the Atomic Bomb Win Nobel Peace Prize: A Wake-up Call to the Reality of the Bomb

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization representing survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, known as Hibakusha. […]

A Golden Rule For The 21st Century: Treat the Lives and Well Being of Future Generations as We Wish to Be Treated

On 22 September 2024, world leaders adopted a Pact for the Future that includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations. This Pact, to which the Global […]

Asteroids and Nuclear Weapons: Dinosaurs and Humans

Sermon delivered by the Rt. Reverend William E. Swing at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA. Sunday, September 15, 2024. I’d like to preach about dinosaurs today. The last of […]