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KISS Confers Lifetime Achievement Award On Jonathan Granoff

The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences Deemed to be University (KISS-DU) in India conferred its prestigious KISS Lifetime Achievement Award on Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, in […]

FW de Klerk’s Commitment to Justice: Transformation, Constitutionalism and the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

On 11 November 2025, the FW de Klerk Foundation, in collaboration with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, hosted the Fourth FW de Klerk Memorial Lecture, to commemorate President De Klerk’s legacy in Cape […]

A New Red Telephone, and a New START for Russia, China and the United States

In March, 2025, The World Forum 2025 hosted a total of 40 panel and round table discussions on the Future of Democracy, Tech, and Humankind. The event, held in Berlin, […]

Articles for a Deeper Dive Into the Moral and Ethical Issues of Nuclear Weapons

Below are some articles for a deeper dive into the moral and ethical issues related to the threat or use of nuclear weapons and policies that could address this challenge. […]

Professor Frank von Hippel Awarded Göttingen Peace Prize 2025

The Göttingen Peace Prize 2025 of the Dr. Roland Röhl Foundation has been awarded to the renowned theoretical physicist and Global Security Institute Advisory Board member Professor Frank von Hippel. […]

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 […]

Security, Science, and Peace Conference Addresses Global Challenges

On January 22, 2025, the fourth “Security, Science and Peace” conference took place as a collaboration between Pugwash Croatia, an affiliate of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, […]

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 […]