{"id":111714,"date":"2025-08-22T09:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/?p=111714"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:39:00","slug":"schiller-institute-releases-names-of-97-prominent-endorsers-of-urgent-appeal-to-presidents-xi-trump-and-putin-to-meet-on-commemoration-of-vj-day-sept-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/it\/blog\/2025\/08\/22\/schiller-institute-releases-names-of-97-prominent-endorsers-of-urgent-appeal-to-presidents-xi-trump-and-putin-to-meet-on-commemoration-of-vj-day-sept-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Schiller Institute Releases Names of 97 Prominent Endorsers of Urgent Appeal to Presidents Xi, Trump and Putin to Meet on Commemoration of VJ Day, Sept. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aug. 21 (EIRNS) \u2013 The Schiller Institute today released the names of 97 prominent signers of Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche\u2019s Urgent Appeal to Presidents Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin!<\/a> calling on the three presidents to meet at the Sept. 3 Beijing commemorations of the 80th<\/sup> anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific (VJ Day).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zepp-LaRouche based her urgent call on the need for dialogue to pull mankind back from the pathway toward nuclear confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her call has taken on special significance in the wake of the successful summit in Alaska of U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin on Aug. 15. Though Western media and political circles have attempted to reduce the summit to the issue of Ukraine, in fact it opened the door to a wide array of economic and strategic initiatives, including such large infrastructure projects as the long-discussed proposal to construct a tunnel under the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia. Zepp-LaRouche had called exactly for that proposal in a widely-circulated statement issued Aug. 10, Zepp-LaRouche Calls on Presidents Trump, Putin and Xi: The Bering Strait Tunnel Project Is the Perfect War-Avoidance Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The August 15 Alaska meeting \u201cwas an extremely important step towards normalizing relations between the two largest nuclear powers, and it pulled the world away from a possible abyss,\u201d Zepp-LaRouche told TASS in an interview the day after the summit. The same day, she told a gathering in New York City that, \u201cWe are lucky that Putin and Trump did what they did yesterday in Alaska. It\u2019s just the first step. Hopefully this will lead to other agreements. Hopefully Trump will go to the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on 3rd of September.\u201d If he does, she told TASS, this will give him the opportunity \u201ctogether with President Xi Jinping, President Putin and a host of other leaders from the Global South to send a powerful signal to the world that the leaders of the major powers are moving from confrontation to cooperation, and thus ushering in a new era in human history.\u201d

All others who agree with Zepp-LaRouche\u2019s appeal for the tripartite summit are urged to add their names here: Urgent Appeal to Presidents Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following 97 endorsers from 37 countries, are a representative selection of the more than 600 signers received as of Aug. 20, 2025. The names are listed alphabetically by country, and within each country, alphabetically by last name. Profession, title and\/or affiliation, are for identification purposes only<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong>Afghanistan\/Germany<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Daud Azimi, <\/strong>Engineer; Board Member, Peace National Front of Afghanistan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Argentina<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Roberto Fritzche<\/strong>, Professor of Economics, University of Belgrano<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austria<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ute Kollies<\/strong>, former official for West Africa, U.N. Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bolivia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gen. (ret.) Edwin de la Fuente Jeria<\/strong>, former commander-in-chief, Bolivian Armed Forces; military historian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brazil<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Luiz Erthal<\/strong>, editor-in-chief, Toda Palavra<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eduardo Siqueira<\/strong>, Brazil\/U.S. analyst and researcher; Prof. (Emeritus) of Public Health, University of Massachusetts \u2013 Boston<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Julian Fell<\/strong>, Canada, former Director, Nanaimo Regional District, British Colombia; Member, Board of Directors, Epigraphic Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Douglas Lightfoot,<\/strong>Mechanical engineer (ret.); founder, Lightfoot Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Costa Rica<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Enrique Garcia Dubon, <\/strong>economist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suy Wong,\u00a0<\/strong>Network of Solidarity with Palestine; Costa Rica chapter, Anti-Fascist International<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Czech Republic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vincenzo Romanello<\/strong>, Ph.D., Czech Republic\/Germany\/Italy, Nuclear engineer; founder, Italian chapter, \u201cAtoms for Peace\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dominican Republic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Marino J. Elsevyf Pineda, <\/strong>Attorney at Law; notary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ram\u00f3n Emilio Concepci\u00f3n, <\/strong>Attorney at Law; Presidential Pre-candidate, PRM party (2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rafael Reyes Jerez, <\/strong>Journalist; producer of the programs \u201cCara a Cara\u201d and \u201cEconom\u00eda y Pol\u00edtica\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alcibiades Jos<\/strong>\u00e9 Abreu Marte, <\/strong>Professor, School of Mathematics, UNIBE (Universidad Iberoamericana) and Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Santo Domingo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

France<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jacques Cheminade<\/strong>, former French presidential candidate; President, Solidarit\u00e9 et Progr\u00e8s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col. (ret.) Alain Corvez<\/strong>, consultant, international strategic affairs; former Advisor to Commandant of UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rear Adm. (ret.) Hubert de Gevigney, <\/strong>Naval officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yves Pozzo di Borgo, <\/strong>former Senator, Union of Democrats and Independents<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Jur. Wolfgang Bittner<\/strong>, author<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joachim Bonatz, <\/strong>Vice President, OKV (East German Board of Trustees of Associations)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ulrich Leonhardt<\/strong>, spokesperson, peace association, North Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col. (ret.) Friedemann Munkelt<\/strong>, Association for the Maintenance of the Traditions of the NVA of the GDR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacqueline Myrrhe, <\/strong>international space consultant; special interest, Chinese space program<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cornelia Praetorius, <\/strong>Mothers Against War, Berlin-Brandenburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rainer Rothfuss<\/strong>, Member, German Bundestag, AfD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Rainer Sandau, <\/strong>Technical Director, Satellites and Space Applications, International Academy of Aeronautics (IAA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u00fcrgen Schwarzenberg<\/strong>, engineer; political scientist; freelance journalist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greece<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos, <\/strong>ambassador Ad Honorem; former Secretary-General, Organization of Black Sea Cooperation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Takis Ioannidis, <\/strong>Co-Founder, Global Gandhian Harmony Association; Dr. Litt., poet, writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guyana<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

H.E. Donald Ramotar,<\/strong>former President of Guyana, 2011-2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Maurizio Abbate<\/strong>, Chairman, National Institute for Cultural Activities (ENAC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Franco Battaglia,<\/strong> Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, Modena University; CLINTEL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nino Galloni, <\/strong>General Director, Labor Ministry, 1990-2002; economist and author<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claudio Giudici<\/strong>, President, URITAXI (national trade union of taxi drivers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liliana Gorini, <\/strong>Chairwoman, Movisol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Purnima Anand, <\/strong>President, BRICS International Forum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maj. Gen. (ret.), Dr. A. K. Bardalai, <\/strong>Distinguished Fellow, United Services Institution of India, New Delhi; Former Deputy Head and Deputy Force Commander of U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koushik Das<\/strong>, journalist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karori Singh, <\/strong>former Director, South Asian Studies Center, and Emeritus Fellow, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\/U.S.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Seyed Hossein Mousavian<\/strong>, former Iranian Ambassador to Germany, 1990-1997<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Daisuke Kotegawa, <\/strong>former official, Japanese Ministry of Finance; former Executive Director for Japan, International Monetary Fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenya<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Prof. P.L.O. Lumumba,<\/strong> former Executive Director, Kenya School of Law; former Secretary, Constitution of Kenya Review Commission; former Director, Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pigbin Odimwengu, <\/strong>Founder, Youth for Youth Revolutionary Declaration movement; 2022 presidential ballot candidate, Kenya<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latvia\/Belgium<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tatjana \u017ddanoka, <\/strong>former Member, European Parliament; Ph.D., Mathematics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexico<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Rodolfo Ondarza Rovira, <\/strong>former member, Mexico City Legislative Assembly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaime Varela Salazar,\u00a0<\/strong>Former Director, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Sonora (Unison)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monaco<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Alex Krainer<\/strong>, financial consultant, Krainer Analytics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morocco<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Driss Larafi<\/strong>, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Ibn Tofail University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Netherlands<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

(Kees) le Pair, Ph.D<\/strong>., Physicist, University of Leiden; former assistant professor, American University of Beirut; Science Advisor, Dutch Military Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicaragua<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bol\u00edvar T\u00e9llez Castell\u00f3n, <\/strong>Ph.D., lawyer and professor, Universidad Americana (UAM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigeria<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

David Ajetunmobi<\/strong>, trade union leader, Auto sector<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adeshola Kukoyi,  <\/strong>founder, Equilibrium Perspectives – University of Lagos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paraguay<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Julia Velilla Laconich<\/strong>, former Paraguay Ambassador to Bolivia, Uruguay, Peru, and UNESCO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peru<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yorel Kira Alcarraz Aguero<\/strong>, Member of Congress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arq. Jos\u00e9 Antonio Benllochpiquer Castro, <\/strong>Vice-President, Christian Democratic Party of Peru<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luis Mora<\/strong>, President, Peruvian Chapter, \u201cWorld Without Wars and Violence\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lizette V\u00e1squez<\/strong>, Global Coordination Team, \u201cWorld Without Wars and Violence\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roberto Vela Pinedo, <\/strong>former National Dean, College of Economists of Peru; Current president, Amazon Integration Network (REDIA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romania<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Andrei Marga<\/strong>, philosopher; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania (2012); former Minister of National Education (1997-2000); former Rector, Babes-Bolyai University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Georgy D. Toloraya<\/strong>, Executive Director, Russian National Committee on BRICS Research; Director, Asian Strategy Center, Institute of Economics; Chief Researcher, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia, Russian Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senegal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Alain Charlemagne Pereira<\/strong> \u2013 Air Brigade G\u00e9n\u00e9ral (ret.),(CR), former Chief of Staff, Senegalese Air Force; former Ambassador and Permanent Representative, International Civil Aviation Organization; former Chairman, Board of Directors, West African Network for Peace (WANEP); First General Director-General, Centre des Hautes  \u00c9tudes de D\u00e9fense et S\u00e9curit\u00e9, Senegal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serbia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Natasa Milojevic<\/strong>, former Member of Parliament<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spain<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Juan Jos\u00e9 Torres N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Ph.D.<\/strong>, poet, freelance journalist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Africa<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Johnson, <\/strong>Professor of Industrial Psychology, University of the Free State<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweden<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ulf Sandmark,<\/strong> Chairman, Schiller Institute, Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Switzerland<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Alfred de Zayas<\/strong>, former UN Independent Expert on International Order<\/p>\n\n\n\n

United States<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Muhammad Salim Akhtar<\/strong>, National Director, American Muslim Alliance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr. Harry Bury<\/strong>, Twin Cities Non-Violent; Association of U.S. Catholic Priests<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maj. Gen. (ret.) Carroll Childers<\/strong>, U.S. Army<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marshall Carter-Tripp, <\/strong>Foreign Service Officer (ret.); former Division Director, State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research; member, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. James C. Cobey, MD, <\/strong>Founder, Health Volunteers Overseas; Steering Committee, Voices from the Holy Land; working with Physicians for Human Rights, shared 1997 Nobel Peace Prize with International Campaign to Ban Landmines Coalition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arthur Dawes<\/strong>, President, Pax Christi Texas; member, Pax Christi National Board<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terry W. Donze<\/strong>, geophysicist (ret.); author, Climate Realism: Alarmism Exposed<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christopher and Mary Fogarty<\/strong>, author, The Perfect Holocaust: Ireland 1845-1850<\/em>; Chicago Ireland Support<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Gilroy<\/strong>, Veterans for Peace; Pax Christi \u2013 Upstate N.Y.; Pax Christi International<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bennett Greenspan<\/strong>, M.D., physician; Past President, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ephraim Haile<\/strong>, Eritrean Cultural & Development Center (ECDC) USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joyce Hall, <\/strong>Head of Dallas Pax Christi; member, National Pax Christi Disarmament Task Force; member, Peace and Justice Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David H. Janda<\/strong>, M.D.; policy analyst; Founder, Operation Freedom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frank Kartheiser<\/strong>, Catholic Worker Movement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cynthia Pooler<\/strong>, Internet radio show host, \u201cIssues that Matter\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Col. (ret.) Earl Rasmussen<\/strong>, U.S. Army<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coleen Rowley<\/strong>, Retired FBI Agent; Former Minneapolis Division Legal Counsel; 9\/11 whistleblower; member, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS); First recipient, Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diane Sare<\/strong>, former U.S. Senate candidate for New York; President, The LaRouche Organization<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suzanne Schwartz, <\/strong>Taose\u00f1os for Peaceful and Livable Futures, New Mexico; Suzuki String Teacher and Violinist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Shanahan<\/strong>, civil engineer; president, Go Nuclear Inc.; editor, website allaboutenergy.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delbert L. Spurlock<\/strong>, Jr., former General Counsel, U.S. Army (1981-1983); U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, 1983-1989; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor (1991-1993)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Starr<\/strong>, Professor, University of Missouri; former director, Clinical Science Laboratory; nuclear weapons expert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Steinbach<\/strong>, Coordinator, Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee, National Capital Area<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barbara Suhrstedt<\/strong>, International Concert Pianist (ret.); member, Board of Directors, Framingham Lomonosov Association for Mutual Exchange<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Mohammad A. Toor<\/strong>, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Pakistani American Congress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan Waltar, <\/strong>Past President, American Nuclear Society (ANS); Retired professor and department head, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A & M University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benjamin Wesley<\/strong>, engineer; Former Independent Party candidate for U.S. Congress, 4th<\/sup> CD, Connecticut<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim Wohlgemuth<\/strong>, United States, Veterans for Peace, Nashville (TN) chapter; radio host<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zimbabwe<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Munashe Chiwanza, <\/strong>civil engineer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meck Sibanda, <\/strong>Director, Christian Youth Volunteers Trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tse Anye Kevin<\/strong>, Acting President, State 55 Afrika<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmed Bassalat<\/strong>, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, CERN associate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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