(The following statement is available on the Schiller Institute website, and should be circulated generally, to everyone you know, but also in a targetted way, to add prominent signers, and to intersect relevant government layers that may be able to put this proposal into the appropriate hands and minds.)
Aug. 5, 2025 (EIRNS)—If one would take a survey of the people of the world, one would probably find that the vast majority of citizens in most nations are fearful about the future, that they see great catastrophes looming, such as a new depression, poverty, hunger, job loss and most importantly: a new—this time nuclear—World War, which could end civilization.
Among the military experts of the world, many are convinced that the military strategic situation today is more dangerous than during the Cuban Missile Crisis, given the almost complete breakdown of trust among some of the nuclear powers, the cancellation of all arms control treaties, and the danger of several geopolitical crisis spots, such as the Ukraine crisis, the Middle East, and a threatening crisis in the Pacific, getting out of control.
How could it happen, that only 80 years after the end of World War II, where the survivors had solemnly sworn: “Never again fascism! Never again war!” mankind finds itself again at that gate to Hell, as if the memory of the millions of dead in that World War had been forgotten and that they had fought, suffered and died in vain?
There is a great historic opportunity in front of us, where the leaders of three great nations could send a powerful signal to the world. If President Xi Jinping would invite President Trump to the military parade scheduled for September 3 in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, and President Trump would accept, as President Putin is also expected to be present, the people of the world could find hope that those three leaders would open a new chapter in the history of humanity.
