Author: Hon. Douglas Roche

Former Senator, the Hon. Roche, O.C., is on the Board of Advisors of the Global Security Institute. He is an author, parliamentarian and diplomat, who has specialized throughout his 40-year public career in peace and human security issues. He lectures widely on peace and nuclear disarmament themes. Mr. Roche was a Senator, Member of Parliament, Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament, and Visiting Professor at the University of Alberta. He was elected Chairman of the United Nations Disarmament Committee at the 43rd General Assembly in 1988. His latest book is Keep Hope Alive: Essays for a War-free World (Amazon)

Creative Dissent: A Politician’s Struggle for Peace

On October 23, 2025, Global Security Institute Advisory Board Member, the Hon. Douglas Roche O.C., received an award from the Canadian Leadership for Nuclear Disarmament (CLND) for Distinguished Achievement in […]

Hope in the Era of Trump

The following address by Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. was part of a webinar organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the World Academy of Arts and Science — “Building Trust, Building Peace […]

Canada and Oppenheimer Race the Doomsday Clock

No Oscar for Canada for its performance in the most important subject on the global security agenda — the legitimacy of nuclear weapons for war-fighting. By a quirk of timing […]