On June 24, BSG Chairman Hon. Thomas Graham Jr. testified at the United States Congressional hearing The July Summit and Beyond: Prospects for U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Reductions, which was convened by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also testifying at the hearing was The Hon. Howard L. Berman, The Hon. William J. Perry, and Keith B. Payne, Ph.D.
Rutgers University Law School Honors Alumnus Jonathan Granoff
On June 11, 2009 Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, received the Rutgers University School of Law – Camden Arthur E. Armitage, Sr. Distinguished Alumni Award for significant contributions to the fields of international law, peace, and security.
A short video presentation highlighting Granoff’s work at the United Nations, with the United States Congress, with Nobel Peace Laureates, and with noted figures of the arts and entertainment community preceded remarks by Raymond Solomon, Dean of the Law School.
Dennis Kucinich's presentation to the PNND Roundtable at the United Nations
On May 8, 2009, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament held a roundtable discussion at the United Nations during the Preparatory Committee meeting of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) was unable to attend, but sent this video presentation in his stead. Bill Kidd, Member of the Scottish Parliament, Mayra Gomez, Program Officer of PNND, and Hideo Hiraoka, MP of Japan, also spoke.
On May 7, 2009, GSI, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, hosted a special panel event during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee meeting, featuring UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas, High Representative Sergio Duarte, and former Under-Secretaries-General for Disarmament Jayantha Dhanapala and Nobuyasu Abe.
UNTV, the UN's broadcasting network, aired it on television stations around the world.
Christie Brinkley, former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans, MPI Chairman Henrik Salander and Hideo Hiraoka, MP, Japan, spoke at a special event during the 2009 NPT Preparatory Committee conference, chaired by GSI Senior Officer Rhianna Tyson.
On March 17, 2009, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and Dr. Kevin Cahill, a world reknown physician and humanitarian, received lifetime achievement awards at the Millennium Development Golas (MDGs) Awards Ceremony at the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations. GSI President Jonathan Granoff co-hosted and was privileged to give a presentation on the MDGs.
Jonathan Granoff. President of Global Security Instititue, opens the press conference for the Nobel Peace Laureate Summit releasing the Charter for a World Without Violence
Funded by the Greenwich Forum on War and Peace, Ben Millstein explores four questions about our nuclear age: what's the problem with today's system for keeping nukes under control; what are the major nuclear threats today; how does the international community deal with this problem and; what can YOU to do help. To help him answer these questions, Ben turns to experts Joe Cirincione, President of the Ploughshares Fund, Daryl Kimball, Executive Director of the Arms Control Association and Rhianna Tyson, Senior Officer of the Global Security Institute.
GSI President Jonathan Granoff with
activist and musician Bono,
at the Summit of Nobel Laureates, Paris 2008
GSI President Jonathan Granoff at the Nobel Peace Laureate Summit
December, 2008
A youth group called Weltversammlung der Friedensnobelpreisträger interviewed Jonathan Granoff at the December 2008 Nobel Laureate Summit in Paris. In these four short videos, they discuss:
Senator Abacca Anjain Madisson of Rongelap, Marshall Islands, describes how her country was struck by 67 nuclear weapons during nuclear testing by the US.
BSG Chairman Ambassador (Ret.) Thomas Graham, Jr. reminds an audience in commemoration of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan that strengthening the NPT should be of paramount importance if we want to prevent such destruction from occurring again.
PNND Japan Report to the Council Summit in Pugwash, Nova Scotia
July 4, 2008
PNND Council member Tom Kono, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Senior Vice Minister for Justice, offers his report to the PNND Council meeting taking place in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, July 10-13, 2008.
"Towards a World Free of Nuclear Weapons":
Conference organized by Centre for Strategic and International Studies and the Indian Council of World Affairs
June 9-10, 2008
An international conference was held in New Delhi to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Rajiv Gandhi plan to eliminate nuclear weapons. Speakers included:
Interview with PNND Co-President Alexa McDonough, MP
June 2, 2008
Senior MP Alexa McDonough, Co-President of the network of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, speaks with the CBC's Peter Mansbridge about her decision to make this her last term as a federal politician.
On Day 1: What should the next President of the United States do on their first day in office?
Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, offers three concrete steps the next President should take immediately upon resuming office:
GSI Board Member Christie Brinkley Receives Smart Cookie Award for her work with GSI
Christie Brinkley was one of 7 recipients of the 2008 Smart Cookie Award from Cookie Magazine for her outstanding activism in making a safer, saner, nuclear-free world.
GSI President Jonathan Granoff and Audrey Kitagawa, former adviser to the UN High Representative for Child Soldiers, hold a dialogue at the World Wisdom Council in Monterrey, Mexico.
In the lead up to their Model UN Conference, WFUNA asks GSI President Jonathan Granoff and Senior Officer Rhianna Tyson what can lead governments to stay away from, or do away with, nuclear weapons?
Three most important legal instruments of the 20th century
GSI President Jonathan Granoff discusses what he believes are the three most important legan instruments of the 20th century: the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the nuclear Non-Prolieration Treaty
GSI presentation on outer space security to the UN General Assembly
GSI Senior Officer Rhianna Tyson delivers the first ever NGO presentation on outer space security to the United Nations General Assembly, First Committee on Disarmament and International Security, October 26, 2007
Christie Brinkley speaks at GSI-PNND event at the United Nations
American cultural icon Christie Brinkley was one of the engaged, informed, and empowered women speaking at a special panel event hosted by GSI and PNND entitled “Amplifying the Moral and Practical Missions of the United Nations: Parliamentarians, diplomats and engaged citizens working to abolish nuclear weapons.”
Joining the American cultural icon on the panel was the Hon. Marian Hobbs, parliamentarian and former Minister for Disarmament of New Zealand, Ms. Cora Weiss, a longtime peace activist and leader for gender equality at the UN, and the Hon. Alexa McDonough, a senior member of the Canadian parliament. Moderated by GSI Senior Officer, Rhianna Tyson, the event brought together women who are working on all levels to prevent conflict involving nuclear weapons.
Interview with Amb. Thomas Graham on December 5, 2006
PierreTerre, a compilation of stories of value, wisdom, intelligence and good intent, produced an interview with Bipartisan Security Group Chairman Ambassador (Ret.) Thomas Graham. In this 6 minute interview produced for the Project for Nuclear Awareness, Amb. Graham offers straight talk about what it will actually take to keep the US and the world safe from nuclear and WMD dangers. Amb. Graham describes the value and importance of dialogue and strong negotiations in keeping the world safe.
Interview with Jonathan Granoff on October 28, 2005
Interview with Good News Broadcast Network at the Albert Schweitzer Institute Reverence for Life event at Quinnipiac University. Jonathan Granoff shares his profound thoughts with Good News in this video interview. Mr. Granoff shares concern about Nuclear Weapons and he created a major event at the UN honoring Ted Turner some months ago that Good News covered.
Interview with Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. on October 29, 2005
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation honored Dr. Daniel Ellsberg with its 2005 Distinguished Peace Leadership Award and The Honorable Douglas Roche, O.C. (Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative) with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Following the awards presentation, Helen Thomas conducted a live unscripted interview with both honorees. The Awards were presented during the Foundation’s 22nd annual Evening for Peace gala and ceremony at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort in Santa Barbara, California. The theme for the 2005 awards dinner was Taking a Stand for Peace.
GSI organized a press conference at the United Nations featuring former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, as well as representatives of three key countries: Ambassador Elisabet-Borsiin Bonnier of Sweden, Ambassador Paul Meyer of Canada, and Ambassador Friedrich Gröning of Germany, moderated by Mr. Granoff. The press conference garnered extensive press coverage, especially Mr. McNamara's remarks, which were made available for wide distribution.
US Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Goals: Honoring the Balance
Event hosted May 9, 2005 at United Nations with guests Dr. Hans Blix, Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) and Congressman Curt Weldon (R-PA)
GSI collaborated with the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, chaired by Dr. Hans Blix, and The Simons Foundation to organize a bipartisan presentation at the NPT Review Conference featuring U.S. Congressmen Ed Markey (D-MA) and Curt Weldon (R-PA). They joined Dr. Hans Blix on a panel moderated by Jonathan Granoff titled "U.S. Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Goals: Honoring the Balance" before an invitation-only audience consisting of 120 select diplomats and experts.
Documentary featuring several GSI and MPI experts, including Chairman Douglas Roche, O.C., as well as footage from GSI's 2005 UN event with Ted Sorensen and Robert McNamara
2005 Alan Cranston Peace Award Honoring Ted Turner
On April 20, 2005, President Mikhail Gorbachev gave a keynote address, his first speech at the United Nations since his historic address in December of 1988, and then presented philanthropist and businessman Ted Turner with the Alan Cranston Peace Award on behalf of the Global Security Institute.
Other speakers included the Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell, Dr. Jane Goodall, Mr. Kim Cranston, and Mr. Mark Malloch-Brown, Chef de Cabinet to the UN Secretary General. The public ceremony took place before a standing-room-only audience of more than 1000 people, and was made available for worldwide media distribution by UN TV.
In October 2004, Jonathan Granoff gave a speech about the U.S. Constitution and The Earth Charter at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Robert McNamara and Ted Sorensen: Applying Lessons of the 20th Century to the 21st Century
Spring Meeting 2004, American Bar Association Section of International Law & Practice
Jonathan Granoff talks about the current state of the world's nuclear arsenals. If the five declared nuclear weapons states cannot stop producing new nuclear weapons, he says, then what hope has the world of stopping nations like North Korea or Iran? Despite the fact that this video was filmed before the 2005 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty review, we believe there is still considerable value to be found in watching it.
On December 11, 2002, Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School hosted a
Community Forum: "What's Next in Iraq? Is War Inevitable?"
The panel discussion was moderated by Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School. Panelists included: Michael Doran, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies; Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute; Frank N. von Hippel, Professor of Public and International Affairs; Co-Director, Program on Science and Global Security; Paul R. Krugman, Professor of Economics and International Affairs.
Democracy, Disarmament and Public Education:
A conversation with Senator Alan Cranston
In this video, part of the "Conversations with History" series, GSI founder Senator Alan Cranston speaks with Harry Kreisler of the Institute for International Studies.
Host Peter Coyote and studio guests discuss the nuclear threat in the post-Cold War age. The Nuclear Lullaby presents information which the US government has not divulged on Nuclear Proliferation, the use of Depleted Uranium, and the storage hazards and “disposal” of nuclear waste.
