The Schiller Institute today released a list of 60 names of prominent individuals from 20 countries who have endorsed the March 8, 2025 call from the Institute\u2019s founder, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, \u201cInstead of Rearming for the Great War, We Need to Create a Global Security Architecture!\u201d It is being issued at a time when Europe is at an historic crossroads, where a difference alternative must be urgently put on the table if a catastrophe is to be avoided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement begins, \u201cThe European Union (EU) and most European governments are in the grips of a war hysteria that can only be compared to the warmongering madness that broke out before World War One.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It concludes, \u201cEurope has reacted to Trump\u2019s sudden signals for an end to the Ukraine war and a resumption of diplomacy with Rusia with great panic \u2013 and cries for war. But there is still time to currect this potentially fatal course. If Europe wants to overcome its current economic misery, the way out lies in cooperation with the nations of the Global South, which has long since become the Global Majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHumanity has reached the point where it must overcome the old patterns of thought steeped in geopolitics and the Cold War, and replace them with a new global security and development architecture<\/a> that takes into account the interests of all nations on this planet. A positive example for this is provided by the Peace of Westphalia, which came about because the warring parties came to the conclusion that if the war continued, no one would be able to enjoy victory, since there would be no survivors. How much more convincing this argument is in times of thermonuclear weapons which, if used, would lead to the extinction of all mankind!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the full text of the statement, which has been endorsed by many others worldwide, see Instead of Rearming for the Great War, We Need to Create a Global Security Architecture!<\/a> The text includes a link for new endorsements, and the Schiller Institute urges all individuals in agreement with the statement to add their names, and circulate the statement as widely as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n List of prominent endorsers as of April 24, organized alphabetically by country, and alphabetically by last name within country. Affiliation\/background for identification purposes only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0Dr. (med.)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Helmut K\u00e4ss<\/strong><\/strong>, Germany, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear Harald Koch<\/strong>, Germany, former member, Bundestag; founding member, The Schiller Institute today released a list of 60 names of prominent individuals from 20 countries who have endorsed the March 8, 2025 call from the Institute\u2019s founder, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, \u201cInstead of Rearming for the Great War, We Need to Create a Global Security Architecture!\u201d It is being issued at a time when Europe is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":109025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[842],"class_list":["post-109024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein","tag-lang-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109024"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109046,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109024\/revisions\/109046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Daud Azimi<\/strong>, Afghanistan\/Germany, Engineer; Board Member, Peace National
Front of Afghanistan
Ute Kollies<\/strong>, Austria, Former Deputy Regional Director for West Africa, UN
Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Gen. Edwin Alfonso De La Fuente Jeria<\/strong>, Bolivia, Former Commander-in-Chief of
the Bolivian Armed Forces
Tom Gillesberg<\/strong>, Denmark, President, Schiller Institute in Denmark; former
independent candidate for parliament
Ram\u00f3n Emilio Concepci\u00f3n<\/strong>, Dominican Republic, Attorney-at-law; Presidential
Pre-candidate, PRM party (2020)
Mariano Nguema Esono Medja<\/strong>, Equatorial Guinea, Focal Point in Equatorial
Guinea, United Nations Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament in Africa
Jacques Cheminade<\/strong>, France, President, Solidarit\u00e9 et Progr\u00e8s; former
presidential candidate
Col. (Ret.) Alain Corvez<\/strong>, France, consultant on international strategic
affairs
Col. (Ret.) Jacques Hogard<\/strong>, France, INF-LE, Land Army
J\u00e9r\u00f4me Ravenet<\/strong>, France, Doctor of Letters and Associate Professor of
Philosophy
Ali Rastbeen<\/strong>, France, President, Acad\u00e9mie de G\u00e9opolitique de Paris
Dr. Jur. Wolfgang Bittner<\/strong>, Germany, Author
Joachim Bonatz<\/strong>, Germany, Vice President, East German Board of Trustees of
Associations (Ostdeutsches Kuratorium von Verb\u00e4nden e.V.), Berlin
Margret Bonin<\/strong>, Germany, Global Women for Peace United Against NATO
Frank Bornschein<\/strong>, Germany, City Councilor, Schwedt; Friends of Peace Schwedt
e.V.
Karl Cammann,<\/strong>\u00a0Germany, Prof. (em.) Dr.
Holger H\u00fcttel<\/strong>, Germany, Chairman, local branch of Die Linke, Sangerhausen<\/p>\n\n\n\n
War (IPPNW)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
B\u00fcndnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW)
Wolfgang Lieberknecht<\/strong>, Germany, Internationale FriedensFabrik Wanfried, (IFFW)
Ulrich Leonhardt<\/strong>, Germany, Aufstehen Schwerin (Rise Up Schwerin)
Dr. Cornelia Nenz<\/strong>, Germany
Stephan Ossenkopp<\/strong>, Germany, Vice Chairman, B\u00fcSo; journalist, “Die
Multipolare Welt”
Karin Pflug<\/strong>, Germany, Honorary City Councilor, Quedlinburg
Dr. Andrey Redlich<\/strong>, Germany, Founding member, Society for Human Rights
(German section), (ISHR).
Thomas Rehm<\/strong>, Germany, Head of workers council, Saale Energie GmbH
Dr. Rainer Sandau<\/strong>, Germany, Technical Director, Satellites and Space
Applications, International Academy of Aeronautics (IAA)
Jan Veil<\/strong>, Germany, Freie Linke, South Hesse
Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos<\/strong>, Greece, Ambassador ad honorem; Secretary General,
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC), 2006-2012
Ra\u00fal An\u00edbal Marroqu\u00edn Casasola<\/strong>, Guatemala, Coordinator, Citizen Observatory
for Peace “La Pupila del Cielo”, San Crist\u00f3bal
Maurizio Abbate<\/strong>, Italy, Chairman, ENAC (Italian Institute for Cultural
Activities)
Vincenzo Romanello<\/strong>, Ph.D., Italy\/Czech Republic, Nuclear engineer; founder,
Italian chapter, Atoms for Peace.
Bruno Romano,<\/strong>\u00a0Italy, Movisol
Alessia Ruggeri<\/strong>, Italy, trade union leader
Marino Savina<\/strong>, Italy, National President, ANDICOSI (National Association of
Security Employees)
Daisuke Kotegawa<\/strong>, Japan, Former IMF Executive Director for Japan; former
Japan Ministry of Finance official
Pigbin Odimwengu<\/strong>, Kenya, Accountability and Transparency Party, 2022
Presidential Candidate
Rafael Nava y Uribe<\/strong>, Mexico, President, Mexico-Colombia Chamber of Commerce
Celeste S\u00e1enz de Miera<\/strong>, Mexico, Director, Journalists Club of Mexico A.C.
Alberto Vizcarra Osuna<\/strong>, Mexico, Member of Coordinating Committee, National
Front for the Rescue of Mexican Farmland
Prof. Driss Larafi<\/strong>, Morocco, Professor of Political Science and
International Relations, University Ibn Tofail
Kees le Pair<\/strong>, Ph.D., Netherlands, Physicist, Univ. of Leiden; former Ass’t
Professor, American University of Beirut; Science Advisor, Dutch Military
Research
Adewale Aiyedun<\/strong>, Ph.D., Nigeria, Forensic Investigator, Audit and Security
Consultant
David Ajetunmobi<\/strong>, Nigeria, Trade union leader-auto sector
Adeshola Kukoyi<\/strong>, Nigeria, Founder, Equilibrium Perspectives, University of
Lagos
Julia Vellila Laconich<\/strong>, Paraguay, Former ambassador from Paraguay to
Bolivia, Uruguay, Peru, and UNESCO (Paris)
Kjell Lundqvist<\/strong>, Sweden, Chairman, European Labor Party
Ulf Sandmark<\/strong>, Sweden, Chairman, Schiller Institute in Sweden
Father Harry Bury,<\/strong>\u00a0United States, Minneapolis\/St. Paul Non-Violent; U.S.
Priests Association
Carroll Childers<\/strong>, United States, Major General (ret.), U.S. Army; retired
weapons developer, U.S. Dep’t. of the Navy and U.S. Marine Corps
Graham Fuller<\/strong>, United States\/Canada, Former U.S. diplomat and CIA official;
former Vice-Chair, National Intelligence Council
Jack Gilroy<\/strong>, United States, Veterans for Peace; Pax Christi-Upstate New
York; Pax Christi International
Martin Melkonian<\/strong>, United States, Treasurer, Long Island (NY) Alliance for
Peace and Justice
Lorin Peters,<\/strong>\u00a0United States, Pax Christi, Northern California Chapter
Earl Rasmussen<\/strong>, United States, Lt. Col. (ret.), U.S. Army; international
consultant
John Shanahan<\/strong>, United States, Civil engineer; president, Go Nuclear Inc.;
editor, website:\u00a0allaboutenergy.net<\/a>
Steven Starr<\/strong>, United States, Professor, University of Missouri; nuclear
warfare expert
John Steinbach<\/strong>, United States, Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee, National
Capital Area
J. Kirk Wiebe<\/strong>, United States, Retired analyst, National Security Agency; NSA
Whistleblower
Jim Wohlgemuth<\/strong>, United States, Veterans for Peace, Nashville (TN) chapter;
radio host<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"