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GSI Newsletter August 27, 2019
“The unleashing of the power of the atom bomb has changed everything except our mode of thinking, and thus we head toward unparalleled catastrophes.” Albert EinsteinThinking clearly and bringing morally grounded practical policies into action is...
Jonathan Granoff Speech on Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings
The Power of Vision 26th Annual Interfaith Peace Gatheringin Commemoration of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic BombingsMonday, August 5, 2019 Japan Society AuditoriumNew York City Jonathan Granoff,President Global Security Institute; Representative to the...
Nuclear Weapons Free Zones and Advancing the Cause of Nuclear Disarmament
Report on Nuclear Weapons Free Zones and Advancing the Cause of Nuclear Disarmament, hosted by the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United NationsProgress on advancing nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament is imperative for human survival. It is...
Speech: United Religions Initiative
The United Religions Initiative (URI) is a global grassroots interfaith network that cultivates peace and justice by engaging people to bridge religious and cultural differences and work together for the good of their communities and the world. The purpose...
Granoff at Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento, CA.
On May 2 GSI President Jonathan Granoff delivered the keynote address to the...
Newsweek: Trump’s Nuclear Treaty Withdrawal Weakened the West and Unleashed Russia
A groundbreaking article was published by Newsweek today, authored by Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., a member of GGI's Board of Directors and Co-Chair of the Nonpartisan Security group, and GSI President Jonathan Granoff, on the ramifications of the U.S....
Basel Appeal to Save the INF
The Basel Peace Office, Mayors for Peace, the World Future Council and GSI program Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament have issued a joint appeal from American and European Mayors, parliamentarians, policy experts and civil...
Senator Markey, Congressman Lieu: Restrict First use of Nuclear Weapons
Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Co-President, Senator Ed Markey, and Congressman Ted Lieu, re-introduced legislation today to curtail Presidential power over the use of nuclear weapons. We are very pleased to share this...
Newsweek: The Shutdown Crisis is Far Worse than Either Party Realizes
GSI President GSI in Newsweek: "In his recent Oval Office speech, President Trump invoked humanitarian motives, fears of beheadings, and even God to justify shutting down the government until he gets $5 billion for a wall to “protect” the U.S. border with...
World’s Parliament of Religions, Toronto
From November 1-7, 2018, The Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., a long-time adviser to the Global Security Institute, and GSI President Jonathan Granoff met with other leading faith and disarmament leaders at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Toronto,...
Statement from the Parliament of World Religions Calls for Elimination of Nuclear Threat
Published on The Parliament of the World's Religions, November 29, 2018.The following statement, developed by Jonathan Granoff of the Global Security Institute, with the supportive consultations of our esteemed Parliament presenters former Canadian Prime...
Jonathan Granoff and Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq in Greenland
Standing at the edge of the polar ice caps, it is clear that the destruction of our Earth by nuclear weapons and its degradation by the man-made factors of climate change are inextricably linked. Join us as GSI President Jonathan Granoff and Angaangaq...
Video: Bahrain Prime Minister Report on UN Bahrain Visions Forum
Video report from the office of His Royal Highness Bahrian Prime Minister Khalifa bin...
‘Bahrain Visions Forum’ at UN
On September 27, 2018, the Kingdom of Bahrain and Global Security Institute hosted the 'Bahrain Visions Forum: Shared Vision Towards a Successful, Sustainable Future' at the United Nations in New York, on the side of the UN General Assembly 73rd...
Video: Bahrian Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa on Conclusion of Nobel Laureates Visit
His Royal Highness Bahrian Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa speaks at the conclusion of a...
Bahrain: President F.W. de Klerk Speech
TEXT: SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT FW DE KLERKAT THE NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE LECTURESMANAMA, BAHRAIN 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 MULTILCULTURALISM AND GLOBAL POLITICAL CHALLENGES Your Royal Highnesses, Fellow Nobel Peace Laureates, Your Excellencies, ladies and...
Senator Edward Markey and other Senators: Restrict Presidential Power Over First Use of Nukes, Ban Low Yield Nuclear Weapons
It is unconscionable that any one person – no matter who it is– has the sole ability to end civilization as we know it. As it stands, President Trump can simply launch a nuclear weapon on a whim and no one can stop him.In 2017, Congressman Ted W. Lieu...
GSI Delegation to Bahrain for High Level Meetings
On September 12, 2018, a delegation organized by Global Security Institute arrived in Bahrain for meetings with the Prime Minister and other high level officials regarding efforts for peace and stability in the region. His Royal Highness, the Prime...
PNND in the News: PNND at the 12th Annual International Conference on Overseas Development Aid
'Imagine if nuclear weapons were used on the Korean Peninsula, either by the DPRK or the United States. The devastation to humans, infrastructure and the environment would likely be catastrophic even if it were only one or two nukes detonated,' said Alyn...
Bahrain: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi Describes the Experience
Mikhail Gorbachev and George Shultz on the U.S. Abandonment of the INF
In one of his most dangerous actions yet, the U.S. President has announced plans to withdraw the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). Two world leaders who negotiated the Treaty with President Reagan, have had strong words in two...
Why Putin Deserves a White House Meeting With Trump
by Jonathan Granoff published in Newsweek. There are many reasons not to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the White House, and many reasons why Congressional Democrats and Republicans are panning the idea. Trump's tweet lashing out at Iran hasn't helped make...
Jonathan Granoff and Daniel Ellsberg at the American Bar Association International Law Section’s 2018 Spring Meeting
Dr. Daniel Ellsberg was a U.S. military analyst, employed by the RAND Corporation, who precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. government decision-making in relation to the...
PNND Update: Women legislators release appeal for common security and nuclear disarmament
PNND Update: Women legislators release appeal for common security and nuclear disarmament On May 24, 2018, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres released Securing our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament. May 24 was also Women's International Day for Peace and...
Granoff in The Hill : US doesn’t have the right to violate Iran nuclear deal
By Jonathan Granoff Published in The Hill The Trump Administration has just walked away from the United States’ commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known in the American media as "the Iran Deal." But it’s not an informal “deal;” it’s a...
GSI President on the ‘Real Leaders’ Top 100
We are proud to announce that GSI President Jonathan Granoff has been selected for the Top 100 Visionary Leaders by Real Leaders Magazine. In choosing its 100 Visionary Leaders the magazine stated: "We discovered a common characteristic too: Real leaders...
Pope Francis: Historic Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons Free World
By Jonathan Granoff Published on Huffington Post. This Thanksgiving season, we should all be grateful for the leadership of Pope Francis. On November 10, 2017, he made clear that the Church condemns both the use of nuclear weapons and the immorality of...
Witness to history: Pope’s rejection of nukes a milestone, by GSI Senior Advisor Douglas Roche
Reposted from the Hill Times Last week’s papal speech is a reversal of a 35-year policy, which in the arcane world of Vatican diplomacy is not easy to do. VATICAN CITY—A new milestone in the moral rejection of nuclear weapons was reached at the Vatican last week when...
President GSI Meets With Deputy Foreign Minister of Bahrain
GSI President Jonathan Granoff met today with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Bahrain. From the website of the Foreign Ministry: "The Assistant Foreign Minister, Abdullah bin Faisal bin Jabur Al-Dosari, received at his office in the Ministry’s General Court...
NEVER FORGET VIRTUE, NEVER FORGET HIROSHIMA, NEVER GIVE UP WORKING FOR PEACE
Jonathan Granoff Contributor President Global Security Institute, UN Representative of the World Summits of Nobel Peace Laureates, and Ambassador for Peace, Security and Nuclear Disarmament of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, Chair of the International Law...