Jonathan Granoff

Granoff, Jonathan

Granoff, Jonathan

President of the Global Security Institute; Senior Advisor to the ABA’s Committee on Arms Control and National Security; Co-Chair of the ABA Blue Ribbon Task Force on Nuclear Non-proliferation

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President of the Global Security Institute; Senior Advisor to the ABA’s Committee on Arms Control and National Security; Co-Chair of the ABA Blue Ribbon Task Force on Nuclear Non-proliferation

Jonathan Granoff is an attorney, author and international advocate emphasizing the legal, ethical and spiritual dimensions of human development and security, with a specific focus on advancing the rule of law to address the threats posed by nuclear weapons. He is Senior Advisor to the Nobel Peace Laureate Summit and has served as Vice President and UN Representative of the Lawyer’s Alliance for World Security. He serves on numerous governing and advisory boards including: the ABA International Law Section, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Fortune Forum, Jane Goodall Institute, the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security and Middle Powers Initiative.

Mr. Granoff is the award-winning screenwriter of The Constitution: The Document that Created a Nation, and has articles in more than 50 publications and books including: The Sovereignty Revolution, Toward a Nuclear Weapons Free World, Imagining Tomorrow, Analyzing Moral Issues, Perspectives on 911, Toward a World In Balance,Reverence for Life Revisited, and Hold Hope, Wage Peace. He has been a featured guest and expert commentator on hundreds of radio and television pro-grams, testified in Congress and at the UN numerous times and has, since 2003, addressed the annual Nobel Peace Laureate Summit in Paris and Rome.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Security Reflections: A Holistic Approach without Nuclear Weapons
Get Full Text in PDF Abstract Today’s global threats require a cooperative response. The ongoing cycle of fear − wherein armaments spread insecurity and insecurity generates more armaments − is incompatible with the requisite cooperative environment needed to address the 21st century crises of climate change, sustainable development (as identified by the Millennium Development Goals), and nuclear disarmament. Such cooperation, furthermore, will engender cooperation on other critically...