GSI eNewsletter: July 2011

Message from the President MPI Activities     – New Brief: “A Global Law to Ban Nuclear Weapons”     – Ottawa Seminar     – World Capital Tour     – InterAction Council     – Swiss Seminar on Irreversibility     – Geneva Consultation     – Promoting the Rule of Law DPE Activities     – United Religions Initiative     – Newark Peace Education Summit     – India urged to […]

MPI Recommendations to the NPT Review Conference

April 14, 2010 The Middle Powers Initiative, based on the results of the Atlanta Consultation III and the series of Article VI Forums, recommends the following policy options to the 2010 NPT Review Conference: 1. Disarmament: Reaffirm the unequivocal undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of nuclear arsenals. Encourage states parties, especially the nuclear weapon […]

GSI E-Alert: Extraordinary Week at the United Nations

Dear friends, This has been an historic week at the United Nations. The US President chairing a summit of the Security Council and its adoption of a far reaching resolution on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation is extraordinary. Moreover, it is indicative that we are on the road towards a safer planet. The Global Security Institute […]

GSI eNewsletter: June 2009

Contents: A Message from the President       GSI Activities – “Voices of Experience,” UN Panel Event – Meeting with the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon – Briefing at the UN: Human Development is National Security – Book Launch at the United Nations – CTBT Briefing and Strategy Session with the Government of Austria MPI Activities […]

GSI eNewsletter: October 30, 2008

Dear friends, The hopes of the world are focused on the US presidential election. It is probably the most important election in recent history. The collective challenges facing the world are daunting: the very health of the global commons – the oceans, rainforests and climate, living systems upon which civilization depends – are at risk, […]

Nuclear Testing and Proliferation: An Inextricable Connection

Disarmament Diplomacy by Thomas Graham, J.r and David Hafemeister   President Obama’s call in Prague to complete the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was widely praised on the global stage. But what will be entailed for the United States to ratify the CTBT and reinvigorate international efforts to secure the remaining signatures and ratifications […]

U.S. Must Rethink Its Nuclear Policy

 June 9, 1998 By Alan Cranston San Francisco Chronicle India’s and Pakistan’s nuclear tests reveal the impotence of current policies intended to prevent proliferation. Moralizing appeals, threats of sanctions and offers of military and economic aid for not testing have done nothing to contain the crisis. Broader efforts by the Clinton administration also failed to […]

NATO and Peace Would Gain from a No-First-Use Policy

December 15, 1999 By Thomas Graham, Jr., Robert Mcnamara and Jack MendelsohnL.A. Times We believe it is critical for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to reconsider its nuclear policy and agree to a no-first-use provision on nuclear weapons. Such a policy would be a signal to the international community that the most powerful nations in […]