Aug. 21 (EIRNS) – The Schiller Institute today released the names of 97 prominent signers of Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche’s Urgent Appeal to Presidents Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin! calling on the three presidents to meet at the Sept. 3 Beijing commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific (VJ Day).
Zepp-LaRouche based her urgent call on the need for dialogue to pull mankind back from the pathway toward nuclear confrontation.
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.
The August 15 Alaska meeting “was an extremely important step towards normalizing relations between the two largest nuclear powers, and it pulled the world away from a possible abyss,” Zepp-LaRouche told TASS in an interview the day after the summit. The same day, she told a gathering in New York City that, “We are lucky that Putin and Trump did what they did yesterday in Alaska. It’s 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.” If he does, she told TASS, this will give him the opportunity “together 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.”
All others who agree with Zepp-LaRouche’s appeal for the tripartite summit are urged to add their names here: Urgent Appeal to Presidents Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin!
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
Afghanistan/Germany
Daud Azimi, Engineer; Board Member, Peace National Front of Afghanistan
Argentina
Roberto Fritzche, Professor of Economics, University of Belgrano
Austria
Ute Kollies, former official for West Africa, U.N. Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Bolivia
Gen. (ret.) Edwin de la Fuente Jeria, former commander-in-chief, Bolivian Armed Forces; military historian
Brazil
Luiz Erthal, editor-in-chief, Toda Palavra
Eduardo Siqueira, Brazil/U.S. analyst and researcher; Prof. (Emeritus) of Public Health, University of Massachusetts – Boston
Canada
Julian Fell, Canada, former Director, Nanaimo Regional District, British Colombia; Member, Board of Directors, Epigraphic Society
Douglas Lightfoot,Mechanical engineer (ret.); founder, Lightfoot Institute
Costa Rica
Enrique Garcia Dubon, economist
Suy Wong, Network of Solidarity with Palestine; Costa Rica chapter, Anti-Fascist International
Czech Republic
Vincenzo Romanello, Ph.D., Czech Republic/Germany/Italy, Nuclear engineer; founder, Italian chapter, “Atoms for Peace”
Dominican Republic
Marino J. Elsevyf Pineda, Attorney at Law; notary
Ramón Emilio Concepción, Attorney at Law; Presidential Pre-candidate, PRM party (2020)
Rafael Reyes Jerez, Journalist; producer of the programs “Cara a Cara” and “Economía y Política”.
Alcibiades José Abreu Marte, Professor, School of Mathematics, UNIBE (Universidad Iberoamericana) and Universidad Católica Santo Domingo
France
Jacques Cheminade, former French presidential candidate; President, Solidarité et Progrès
Col. (ret.) Alain Corvez, consultant, international strategic affairs; former Advisor to Commandant of UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
Rear Adm. (ret.) Hubert de Gevigney, Naval officer
Yves Pozzo di Borgo, former Senator, Union of Democrats and Independents
Germany
Dr. Jur. Wolfgang Bittner, author
Joachim Bonatz, Vice President, OKV (East German Board of Trustees of Associations)
Ulrich Leonhardt, spokesperson, peace association, North Germany
Col. (ret.) Friedemann Munkelt, Association for the Maintenance of the Traditions of the NVA of the GDR
Jacqueline Myrrhe, international space consultant; special interest, Chinese space program
Cornelia Praetorius, Mothers Against War, Berlin-Brandenburg
Rainer Rothfuss, Member, German Bundestag, AfD
Dr. Rainer Sandau, Technical Director, Satellites and Space Applications, International Academy of Aeronautics (IAA)
Jürgen Schwarzenberg, engineer; political scientist; freelance journalist
Greece
Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos, ambassador Ad Honorem; former Secretary-General, Organization of Black Sea Cooperation
Dr. Takis Ioannidis, Co-Founder, Global Gandhian Harmony Association; Dr. Litt., poet, writer
Guyana
H.E. Donald Ramotar,former President of Guyana, 2011-2015
Italy
Maurizio Abbate, Chairman, National Institute for Cultural Activities (ENAC)
Franco Battaglia, Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, Modena University; CLINTEL
Nino Galloni, General Director, Labor Ministry, 1990-2002; economist and author
Claudio Giudici, President, URITAXI (national trade union of taxi drivers)
Liliana Gorini, Chairwoman, Movisol
India
Purnima Anand, President, BRICS International Forum
Maj. Gen. (ret.), Dr. A. K. Bardalai, Distinguished Fellow, United Services Institution of India, New Delhi; Former Deputy Head and Deputy Force Commander of U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
Koushik Das, journalist
Karori Singh, former Director, South Asian Studies Center, and Emeritus Fellow, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
Iran/U.S.
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian Ambassador to Germany, 1990-1997
Japan
Daisuke Kotegawa, former official, Japanese Ministry of Finance; former Executive Director for Japan, International Monetary Fund
Kenya
Prof. P.L.O. Lumumba, former Executive Director, Kenya School of Law; former Secretary, Constitution of Kenya Review Commission; former Director, Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC)
Pigbin Odimwengu, Founder, Youth for Youth Revolutionary Declaration movement; 2022 presidential ballot candidate, Kenya
Latvia/Belgium
Tatjana Ždanoka, former Member, European Parliament; Ph.D., Mathematics
Mexico
Dr. Rodolfo Ondarza Rovira, former member, Mexico City Legislative Assembly
Jaime Varela Salazar, Former Director, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Sonora (Unison)
Monaco
Alex Krainer, financial consultant, Krainer Analytics
Morocco
Prof. Driss Larafi, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Ibn Tofail University
Netherlands
(Kees) le Pair, Ph.D., Physicist, University of Leiden; former assistant professor, American University of Beirut; Science Advisor, Dutch Military Research
Nicaragua
Bolívar Téllez Castellón, Ph.D., lawyer and professor, Universidad Americana (UAM)
Nigeria
David Ajetunmobi, trade union leader, Auto sector
Adeshola Kukoyi, founder, Equilibrium Perspectives – University of Lagos
Paraguay
Julia Velilla Laconich, former Paraguay Ambassador to Bolivia, Uruguay, Peru, and UNESCO
Peru
Yorel Kira Alcarraz Aguero, Member of Congress
Arq. José Antonio Benllochpiquer Castro, Vice-President, Christian Democratic Party of Peru
Luis Mora, President, Peruvian Chapter, “World Without Wars and Violence”
Lizette Vásquez, Global Coordination Team, “World Without Wars and Violence”
Roberto Vela Pinedo, former National Dean, College of Economists of Peru; Current president, Amazon Integration Network (REDIA)
Romania
Andrei Marga, philosopher; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania (2012); former Minister of National Education (1997-2000); former Rector, Babes-Bolyai University
Russia
Dr. Georgy D. Toloraya, 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
Senegal
Alain Charlemagne Pereira – Air Brigade Général (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 Études de Défense et Sécurité, Senegal
Serbia
Natasa Milojevic, former Member of Parliament
Spain
Juan José Torres Núñez, Ph.D., poet, freelance journalist
South Africa
Andrew Johnson, Professor of Industrial Psychology, University of the Free State
Sweden
Ulf Sandmark, Chairman, Schiller Institute, Sweden
Switzerland
Prof. Alfred de Zayas, former UN Independent Expert on International Order
United States
Muhammad Salim Akhtar, National Director, American Muslim Alliance
Fr. Harry Bury, Twin Cities Non-Violent; Association of U.S. Catholic Priests
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Carroll Childers, U.S. Army
Marshall Carter-Tripp, Foreign Service Officer (ret.); former Division Director, State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research; member, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
Dr. James C. Cobey, MD, 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
Arthur Dawes, President, Pax Christi Texas; member, Pax Christi National Board
Terry W. Donze, geophysicist (ret.); author, Climate Realism: Alarmism Exposed
Christopher and Mary Fogarty, author, The Perfect Holocaust: Ireland 1845-1850; Chicago Ireland Support
Jack Gilroy, Veterans for Peace; Pax Christi – Upstate N.Y.; Pax Christi International
Bennett Greenspan, M.D., physician; Past President, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)
Ephraim Haile, Eritrean Cultural & Development Center (ECDC) USA
Joyce Hall, Head of Dallas Pax Christi; member, National Pax Christi Disarmament Task Force; member, Peace and Justice Commission
David H. Janda, M.D.; policy analyst; Founder, Operation Freedom
Frank Kartheiser, Catholic Worker Movement
Cynthia Pooler, Internet radio show host, “Issues that Matter”
Lt. Col. (ret.) Earl Rasmussen, U.S. Army
Coleen Rowley, 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
Diane Sare, former U.S. Senate candidate for New York; President, The LaRouche Organization
Suzanne Schwartz, Taoseños for Peaceful and Livable Futures, New Mexico; Suzuki String Teacher and Violinist
John Shanahan, civil engineer; president, Go Nuclear Inc.; editor, website allaboutenergy.net
Delbert L. Spurlock, 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)
Steve Starr, Professor, University of Missouri; former director, Clinical Science Laboratory; nuclear weapons expert
John Steinbach, Coordinator, Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee, National Capital Area
Barbara Suhrstedt, International Concert Pianist (ret.); member, Board of Directors, Framingham Lomonosov Association for Mutual Exchange
Dr. Mohammad A. Toor, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Pakistani American Congress
Alan Waltar, Past President, American Nuclear Society (ANS); Retired professor and department head, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A & M University
Benjamin Wesley, engineer; Former Independent Party candidate for U.S. Congress, 4th CD, Connecticut
Jim Wohlgemuth, United States, Veterans for Peace, Nashville (TN) chapter; radio host
Zimbabwe
Munashe Chiwanza, civil engineer
Meck Sibanda, Director, Christian Youth Volunteers Trust
Other
Tse Anye Kevin, Acting President, State 55 Afrika
Ahmed Bassalat, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, CERN associate
