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Senator Alan Cranston, Founder, Global Security InstituteThe Global Security Institute is dedicated to strengthening international peace and security based on co-operation, diplomacy, shared interests, the rule of law and universal values.
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Our focus is on controlling and eliminating humanity’s greatest threat – nuclear weapons.
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A Commemoration of the Life and Legacy of George P. Schultz
Democracy, Global Security and the Vote
The Bomb: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The First Earth Day: Senator Alan Cranston
Videos: UN International Day of Conscience
Message from Director-General World Health Organization
Newsweek: ‘National Security’ Is too Crude to protect Us From Pandemics
New York City hearings pave the way for nuclear weapons divestment
Granoff Presentation — Guidance for a Nuclear Weapons Free World: The Pope and the Ban Treaty
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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,...
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...
Parliament of World Religions: Humanity’s Greatest Threat
At the close of the 2018 Parliament of World Religions in Toronto, the Parliament adopted a nuclear statement developed by GSI President Jonathan Granoff, with the supportive consultations of our esteemed Parliament presenters former Canadian Prime Minister Right...
Granoff at Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento, CA.
On May 2 GSI President Jonathan Granoff delivered the keynote address to the...
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A new series of video conversations between GSI President Jonathan Granoff and the people who have helped to shape the world on nuclear disarmament.
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The Middle Powers Initiative builds bridges between nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear States in order to facilitate nuclear disarmament.
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The Nonpartisan Security Group (formerly Bipartisan Security Group) is dedicated to providing reliable information and analysis of global security issues to Members of Congress and their staff.
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Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) is engaging legislators worldwide in critical steps towards nuclear disarmament.
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Jane Goodall, Mahatma Gandhi, religions of the world — all have changed our view of the world. Join us as we share our inspirations.
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...
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Nuclear Weapons and International Law: ABA Conference with Former Gov. Jerry Brown, Jonathan Granoff, Amb. Thomas Graham and others
On November 12, 2020, the International Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA Int’l), Lawyers Committee On Nuclear Policy (LCNP), and Global Security Institute (GSI) hosted an all-day virtual conference on nuclear weapons and international law. An...
Democracy, Global Security and the Vote
AREDAY - AREI American Renewable Energy Institute Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute joins RMI co-founder and Chairman emeritus Amory Lovins in a dynamic dialogue on “Democracy, Global Security and the Vote” With the US Presidential...
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,...
Parliament of World Religions: Accelerating Peace for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear weapons are among the greatest existing threats facing our world. Faith and interfaith activists have been working for years to engage leaders around the world and challenge nations to adopt clear, concise, and timely disarmament plans. So, how can the...
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...
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...