Second Annual Nuclear Prayer Day Features Reflections, Prayers and Action
On August 6, 2023, the 78th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons and the United Religions Initiative observed The 2nd Annual Nuclear Prayer Day. The event was […]
Global Threats and New Thinking With Jonathan Granoff
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Unshackle the Burden of Contradictions
Presented to the Framework Forum Roundtable, Monday, April 18, 2016, in Geneva, Switzerland. Sponsored by Mission of Canada, Middle Powers Initiative, and the Friedrich-Ebert- Stiftung. The Middle Powers Initiative has […]
Japan Urged to Push Nuclear Disarmament Principle at G7 Hiroshima Summit
Addressing a live-streamed conference held at Soka University in Tokyo on 29 March in preparation for the G7 summit in May, which Japan hosts, Takashi Ariyoshi, Deputy Secretary General of […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]