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Global Security Institute The Global Security Institute is dedicated to strengthening international cooperation and security based on the rule of law, with a particular focus on nuclear arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament. GSI was founded by Senator Alan Cranston whose insight that nuclear weapons are impractical, unacceptably risky, and unworthy of civilization continues to inspire GSI’s efforts to contribute to a safer world. GSI has developed an exceptional team that [...]

2019-01-18T20:32:40+00:00January 18th, 2019|Uncategorized|
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Douglas Roche: What the UN’s next secretary general must do to succeed, and how Canada can help

The United Nations’ new secretary general, Antonio Guterres, who will take office Jan. 1, has pinpointed his top goal: “a surge in diplomacy for peace.” With the crucible of Aleppo revealing ruptures in the international order, Guterres faces a huge challenge: can he stand up to the United States and Russia, as an earlier secretary general, U Thant, did in the Cuban missile crisis, and make the UN a decisive [...]

2017-04-14T18:54:05+00:00April 12th, 2017|MPI News|
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The challenges to a ban treaty

The nuclear weapon states (NWS) manage the current nuclear order. The five nuclear powers: China, France, Russia, the UK and the US, are the permanent members of the Security Council (P5) with veto power over any decision on threats to world peace. Furthermore, the P5 have absolute power over the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (the NPT). The treaty not only legitimizes the possession of nuclear weapons by the P5, although under [...]

2017-04-12T14:17:47+00:00February 9th, 2017|Chair's Blog|
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Hon. Tarja Cronberg to Lead MPI

The Middle Powers Initiative (MPI) is extremely pleased to announce Hon. Tarja Cronberg as its new Chair, effective immediately. Dr. Cronberg has held numerous senior positions in the Finnish government and the European Parliament, where she chaired the delegation for relations with Iran. Dr. Cronberg has also served as Finland's Minister of Labor and as Special Advisor on Nuclear Disarmament for the Finnish Institute for International Affairs. She is also [...]

2017-02-09T21:51:02+00:00May 13th, 2015|MPI News|
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The Berlin Framework Forum

Creating the Conditions and Building the Framework for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World was the title of the Berlin Framework Forum, a new initiative designed to help implement the decisions of the 2010 NPT Review Conference leading to the elimination of nuclear weapons. 26 governments, 12 parliamentarians (from Germany as well as other states), the United Nations and some of the preeminent research institutions in the field took part in the [...]

2017-02-09T22:01:52+00:00February 25th, 2013|Events, MPI News|
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Tadatoshi Akiba to Take Up Duties as MPI Chairman in October

The former Mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba, who recently was named Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative, will take up his duties in October 2012.  His first major task is to plan the next meeting of the MPI Framework Forum, which will be held in Berlin in early 2013. As President of Mayors for Peace, Professor Akiba developed a network of 5,300 mayors in 153 countries and regions who united in [...]

2017-02-09T22:09:29+00:00August 6th, 2012|MPI News|
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