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Granoff in The Hill: Why Congress must invoke the 14th Amendment now
After the Senate acquitted him, Donald Trump and his political adherents pose a more serious threat to democracy than ever. Trump has lost no time in declaring victory, raising money, wielding influence, and consolidating power. He is already looming large over the...
Conference Videos and Papers: Nuclear Weapons and International Law
An important virtual conference, held on November 12, 2020, brought together leading public officials, thought-leaders, policymakers and domestic and international experts for a comprehensive analysis of the role of international law in addressing the risks and...
CONFERENCE NOV 12: Nuclear Weapons and International Law
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEADERS AND EXPERTS ADDRESS NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW HOSTED BY THE NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL SECTION CO-SPONSORED BY GLOBAL SECURITY INSTITUTE (GSI) This virtual conference brings together leading public...
The Bomb: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
A film inspired by the commemorations of the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Featuring Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union, and George Schultz, former Secretary of State of the United States. Intro by Jonathan Granoff. "...a nuclear war...
GSI President Jonathan Granoff and Dr. Jane Goodall for UN Peace Day 2020
For the United Nations International Day of Peace, world renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, joined GSI President Jonathan Granoff for a virtual conversation entitled “Peace or Pieces?” This...
Nuclear Weapons and Human Survival: A Conversation with Dr. William Perry and Jonathan Granoff
Opal Group organizes premier conferences catered to top executives and decision makers throughout various industries. Headquartered in New York City, Opal Group has grown to produce more than 50 events annually across the globe. Hear a substantive, inspiring,...
American Bar Association Dialogue with Under Secretary General Izumi Nakamitsu and Jonathan Granoff
Watch an inspiring dialogue on "Matters that Matter," with United Nations Under Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu and GSI President Jonathan Granoff, Chairman of the Task Force on Nuclear Nonproliferation and President of the Global Security...
The First Earth Day: Senator Alan Cranston
April 22, 1970 was the first Earth Day. And GSI co-founder Senator Alan Cranston was at UC Davis to make it memorable: watch video here
Mikhail Gorbachev: When The Pandemic Is Over, The World Must Come Together
During the first months of this year, we have seen once again how fragile is our global world, how great the danger of sliding into chaos. The COVID-19 pandemic is facing all countries with a common threat, and no country can cope with it alone. The immediate...
Videos: UN International Day of Conscience
On April 5, 2020, dignitaries and artists gathered virtually to celebrate the UN International Day of Conscience. Global Security Institute is proud to have participated in the organization of the event, along with two of GSI's Advisory Board members, Jane Goodall and...
Message from Director-General World Health Organization
A message from Tedros Adhanom, Director-General of the World Health Organization, for the UN International Day of Conscience:
Jonathan Granoff Message for UN International Day of Conscience
Video Message: Jonathan Granoff Enjoy the message from GSI President Jonathan Granoff for the UN International Day of Conscience. Reflections on United Nations Day of Conscience “Promoting A Culture of Peace With Love and Conscience” And Golden Rule Day Jonathan...
Mikhail Gorbachev: No One Else Can Hide
From the Interfax News Agency, April 2, 2020: Former USSR President calls for revision of world agenda under the influence of the coronavirus pandemic Moscow. April 2 INTERFAX.RU - The first and only President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev answered the questions of...
UN International Day of Conscience, Preview Message from Kingdom of Bahrain
The Kingdom of Bahrain sponsored a UN initiative by the Prime Minister, His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, to designate 5 April as an International Day of Conscience. You can read the resolution establishing this special day, adopted by the...
Newsweek: ‘National Security’ Is too Crude to protect Us From Pandemics
JONATHAN GRANOFF AND BARRY KELLMAN ON 3/17/20 AT 3:46 PM EDT Whose security is threatened by the coronavirus? The Chinese, the Italians, the Americans? The answer, of course, is everyone's security is threatened. The virus has no regard for national identity. It...
The Pope and Nuclear Deterrence: Georgetown Conference
Also see: The Georgetown Initiative: Responsible Investing for a Sustainable FutureOn January 31, 2020, experts gathered at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., to address challenges and solutions to the current crisis in nuclear non-proliferation and...
New York City hearings pave the way for nuclear weapons divestment
On Tuesday last week (January 28), New York City Council held public hearings on two measures (draft Resolution 0976 and Initiative 1621) which if adopted would oblige the city to divest its city pension funds from the nuclear weapons industry and establish an...
Granoff Presentation — Guidance for a Nuclear Weapons Free World: The Pope and the Ban Treaty
Conference Presentation The Pope and the Bomb: Beyond Deterrence Georgetown University, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs January 30, 2020 Jonathan Granoff. President Global Security Institute, Representative to the United Nations of the World...
JAN 29: TESTIMONY BEFORE NEW YORK CITY CITY COUNCIL
On January 28, 2020 GSI President will be presenting testimony before the New York City Council on behalf of Move the Nuclear Money campaign, of which GSI is a founding member, in support of the creation of an Advisory Committee to examine nuclear disarmament issues,...
GSI President in The Hill: Senator-jurors who may not be impartial? Remove them for cause
GSI President Jonathan Granoff in The Hill: As President Donald Trump's impeachment trial opened, Chief Justice John Roberts swore in all the members of the U.S. Senate who made an oath to "do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws, so help me...
GSI President in The Hill: Senators, keep your oaths (‘so help you God’)
GSI President Jonathan Granoff in The Hill: On the divisive question of President Donald Trump’s Senate trial and whether it should or shouldn’t lead to his removal from office, it is important to remember something we risk forgetting: the oaths that senators take....
WORKING TO ACHIEVE A PEACEFUL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FREE FROM THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS Dear Friends, While the conduct of the reckless grab the headlines, serious people understand the value of ensuring that professional, diligent, principled advocacy for global...
Nobel Summit Meridá: Priorities for Nuclear Disarmament, and the Power of Law vs. the Law of Power
On September 21, 2019, Nobel laureates and experts gathered for a series of panels, as a part of the annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Meridá Mexico. The subject of our first featured panel is "four Priorities for Nuclear Disarmement," It was...
World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates: Videos
Two of the prominent panel discussions of the 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Meridá, Mexico were entitled The Power of Law vs. The Law of Power, and Four Priorities for Nuclear Disarmament. GSI President Jonathan Granoff was a speaker on the...
World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates: Panel, The Power of Law vs. the Law of Power
From September 19 - 22, the Nobel Peace Prize laureates gathered in Meridá, Mexico for the 18th annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. In one of the many impactful panels of the weekend, GSI President Jonathan Granoff participated in a discussion on...
Gorbachev Message to Fellow Nobel Laureates at Meridá Summit
click image to watch Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev sent a very personal and...
Youth Declaration at World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, of which the Global Security Institute is a long-time associate, has a powerful element of youth participation, including special panels for youth with Nobel laureates, joint activities with youth organization,...
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates: A Culture of Peace
In additional to the Final Declaration of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Meridá, Mexico, the Nobel laureates makde a special declaration about the establishment of a culture of peace: TEXT OF DECLARATION: The undersigned, gathered in Mérida,...
World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates: The Urgent Need to Prevent Nuclear War
As well as the Final Declaration of the Summit, this year the Nobel Peace Prize laureates issued a special Declaration on the use of nuclear weapons and the current state of nuclear disarmament.TEXT OF DECLARATION:Since August 1945, when the US detonated...