Using “Building Blocks” to Construct a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Roundtable held at the United Nations on October 22, 2014co-sponsored by the Global Security Institute and the Permanent Missions of Japan and the Netherlands to the UN On October 22, […]
What Would Gandhi Say? GSI Newsletter, Fall 2014
Events, reports, and analysis Mahatma Gandhi at the United Nationsphoto credit: Michael Greene A Message from the President On September 26, 2014, the United Nations commemorated the […]
204 Japanese Legislators Support Obama’s Vision of Nuclear Disarmament
Obama Opponents’ Arguments on Nuclear Policy Rebutted PNND Member Hideo Hiraoka February 22, 2010 PNND member Hideo Hiraoka and 203 other Japanese legislators sent a letter to […]
GSI eAlert: Articles of Interest
Recently, several members of GSI’s leadership have been in the media: Middle Powers Initiative Chairman Emeritus Douglas Roche, O.C., published an op/ed in Embassy magazine calling on Canada and other […]
Nuclear Energy and Weapons: Uncontrollable in Time and Space
by Alyn Ware Huffington Post March 23, 2011 The earthquake and tsunami in Japan devastated a whole region. Radioactive emissions from the damaged nuclear reactors are very serious, and […]
Wisdom or Fatal Folly
by Jonathan Granoff and Rhianna Tyson Kreger Huffington Post March 15, 2011 As the health impact of smoking became better known to Americans, the practice eventually diminished. The cigarette […]
Japan needs to loosen the US nuclear leash
Asahi Shimbun Hiromichi Umebayashi April 20, 2010 The greatest achievement of the investigation into “secret pacts” between Japan and the United States was a clear recognition that there was […]
Japan and NATO Are Ready for the US to Reduce Nuclear Weapons
Huffington Post by Alyn Ware February 18, 2010 It has been nearly a year since President Obama’s now famous Prague speech, announcing America’s commitment to a nuclear weapons-free future. […]
Japan ready for ‘no nukes’
The Japan Times by Shingo Fukuyama and MPI Steering Committee member Hiromichi Umebayashi August 25, 2009 As the Obama administration contemplates major reductions to its nuclear arsenal, Japan’s commitment […]
Japan’s Mistake at the NSG
Far Eastern Economic Review Kono Taro, PNND Council January 2009 Every year, Japan submits a resolution on nuclear disarmament to the United Nations General Assembly. This year was no different; […]