The Global Security Institute (GSI) is a largely private (though partly bipartisan[clarification needed]), non-governmental international organization with a mission to eliminate nuclear weapons through international cooperation and security.
It aims to influence national laws, seeking to accomplish its mission by focusing on nuclear arms control, non-proliferation, and disarmament.
The institute was founded by US Senator Alan Cranston in October 1999.
He believed that nuclear weapons are "impractical, unacceptably risky, and unworthy of civilization.
"[1][2] The current leadership of the institute is as follows: The institute currently consists of four well-defined programs: