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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...
Make Your Mark For Peace. Final Declaration Of The 17th Nobel Peace Summit
Global Security Institute was proud to be a participant in this year's World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Meridá, Mexico, September 19-21. After a weekend of profound discussions and panels, the Nobel laureates issued the following final declaration:...
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...
GSI Presentation at Oslo Peace Center
This week the Oslo Peace Center is hosting and event to address ways to advance greater levels of tolerance. I am pleased to be a speaker in a session with Nobel Peace Laureates Presidents Willem deKlerk and Lech Walesa. Below is the presentation that will be...
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...