Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute writes for Newsweek: "There is much more at stake in this and upcoming Senate confirmation votes than whether unqualified or unsuitable nominees get key positions in our government, monumentally important as that is. Our entire constitutional system hinges on senators not being rolled by the president or his proxies into ceding their power to the Executive."

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Please join Jonathan Granoff at the New York State Bar Association conference "Nuclear Weapons and International Law 2025: Nuclear Risks through a Legal Lens," co-sponsored by the Global Security Institute (GSI) and including some of the best lawyers in the military and civil society today.

January 30, 2025 / 9am - 6pm EST

Zoom Registration Here

Agenda Here

Topics include the contemporary strategic environment and nuclear weapons risks; practical issues as to the application of international law to potential uses of nuclear weapons; the role of international law in restraining use of force and reliance on nuclear arms; international law bearing on nuclear threats and nuclear deterrence; and other topics including human rights and fiduciary obligations. The conference will feature knowledgeable speakers with a wide range of experience in government, the military, academia, and non-governmental organizations.

This is the third in a series of conferences on international law and nuclear weapons sponsored by the New York State Bar Association. Proceedings of the 2023 conference are available here, and the 2020 conference here. Co-sponsors of this year’s conference are Fordham Law School, Center on National Security; U.S. Air Force Academy, Law, Technology and Warfare Research Cell; Georgetown Law School, Journal of International Law; University of Pennsylvania, Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law; American Bar Association, International Law Section; Catholic Peacebuilding Network; Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy; and the Global Security Institute.