Op Eds
Granoff in Newsweek: Can Biden and Putin Ease Nuclear Dangers Like Reagan and Gorbachev?
At the recent Geneva Summit, President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a joint declaration containing strong echoes of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. It "reaffirm[ed] the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,"...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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...
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...
“The Turtle, The Horse and Nuclear Weapons” by Jonathan Granoff
Presently, neither leadership nor support in the pursuit of nuclear disarmament can be expected from the nuclear weapons states. They have not vigorously pursued the incremental steps for which there is enormous international support to help make us safer and...
Banning Nuclear Weapons – An Auspicious Start
Read the piece by Sergio Duarte, former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs