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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
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...
A Must-Read to Understand the Iran Deal
Tarja Cronberg holds two Ph.D. degrees, in technology and business. A Finnish Green League politician, she chaired her party from 2005 until 2009 and served as a member of the European Parliament from 2011 until 2014. She served as Head of the European Parliament's...
Hope Not Fear: Building Peace in a Fractured World by The Honorable Douglas Roche, O.C.
In a newly released book, Hope Not Fear: Building Peace in a Fractured World, The Honorable Douglas Roche, O.C., an Advisory Board Member of GSI, presents a sober analysis of the current existential threats facing humanity. At the same time he directs us to practical...
The Alternate Route, Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.
Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. was involved in the negotiation of every international arms control and non-proliferation agreement from 1970 to 1997, including the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT Treaties), the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START Treaties),...
The War That Must Never Be Fought: Dilemmas of Nuclear Deterrence
Ambassador James Goodby, a founding member of GSI's Nonpartisan Security Group (formerly Bipartisan Security Group), joined former Secretary of State George Shultz as editors of The War That Must Never Be Fought: Dilemmas of Nuclear Deterrence, a series of articles...
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...
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...
Granoff and William Perry at American Bar Association
Former Defense Secretary Perry Sounds Alarm on the False Sense of the Nuclear Security at the American Bar Association's Spring Meeting, New York, New York, April 2016
GSI News
Video: Bahrain Prime Minister Report on UN Bahrain Visions Forum
Video report from the office of His Royal Highness Bahrian Prime Minister Khalifa...
‘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...
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
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...
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