Watch: What are the Short and Long-term Consequences of the Russian Invasion?
On 2 March, Jonathan Granoff was invited to address an educational program organized by the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the USA, that examined the short and long-term consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Dmitry Anopchenko, a Ukrainian journalist based in Washington DC, but with his wife and kids trapped in Kyiv, joined him.
GSI STATEMENT
Global Security Institute Statement on Russian Invasion of Ukraine
The Global Security Institute condemns the Russian military action against Ukraine. It is as an act of aggression. It violates the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances of 1994 signed by Ukraine, Russia, US, and the UK and later adopted by France and China.
VISIONARY INSPIRATION
MLK’s Lawyer: “My Lessons From 7.5 Years (Often 24/7) With Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This was an extraordinary opportunity to hear from Martin Luther King Jr’s Speechwriter and Lawyer Clarence Jones (now 91 years-old). Moderated by Jonathan Granoff, the panelists included Rev. William Swing, Founder of United Religions Initiative, and Audrey Kitagawa, Founder of the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation.
VISIONARY INSPIRATION
MLK’s Lawyer: “My Lessons From 7.5 Years (Often 24/7) With Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In November last year, world-renown primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall and GSI President Jonathan Granoff held a candid one hour discussion with the prestigious Oxford Union, about the role of individuals and states in obtaining Human Security, the challenges before us, and the cost of failure, and reasons for hope.
FROM THE GSI BOARD OF ADVISORS
“Putin Has Shown, in a Demented and Terrifying Way, Why the Possession of Nuclear Weapons Must be Outlawed Now.”
— Douglas Roche
Former Senator Douglas Roche is on the Board of Advisors of the Global Security Institute. This opinion piece recently appeared in The Hill Times:
FROM THE GSI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
“President Biden Should Pledge Never to Use Nuclear Weapons First.” — Ambassador Thomas Graham
These opinion pieces appeared at The Hill, co-authored by Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., Chair of GSI’s Nonpartisan Security Group:
President Biden Should Pledge Never to Use Nuclear Weapons First
Russia, Ukraine and Nuclear Weapons
FROM THE GSI PRESIDENT
Jonathan Granoff Addresses the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Hearings at the United Nations General Assembly
On 17 and 18 February, Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute and a Council Member of the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament (PNND), represented PNND at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Hearings at the United Nations. Granoff addressed the Assembly three times, and in addition, presented a submission on behalf of PNND: “Political Support and Inclusive Responses to Sustainable Recovery.”
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