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Global Security Institute organized a delegation of three former Heads of State and four Nobel Peace Prize laureates to meet with the Prime Minister and other senior officials in Bahrain.(2:04) (Read more.)
April 2018, Jonathan Granoff and Dr. Daniel Ellsberg on Ellsberg’s recent book, “The Doomsday Machine, Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner,” global near-calamities, and the need for moral courage.(1:00:45)
Former Defense Secretary Perry sounds alarm on the false sense of nuclear security at the American Bar Association’s Spring Meeting, New York, New York, April 2016. (1:13:48)
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Noteworthy
Granoff at Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento, CA.
On May 2 GSI President Jonathan Granoff delivered the keynote address to the...
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...
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...
James Goodby: At the Borderline of Armageddon
A book from 2006 has suddenly become not only relevant but critical in 2018. The choices the president makes with regard to atomic weapons can change the course of human history and affect the lives of billions of people. In At the Borderline of Armageddon, James...
‘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...
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...
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
GSI News
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...
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....
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...
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...
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