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In an open letter to the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV, Schiller
Institute Chairwoman Helga Zepp-LaRouche expressed the basis of true
peace as lying in the recognition of the interest of the other. She
said,
“We wish to communicate to your Holiness our commitment to try
everything in our power, to reach out to all Christians, as well as
believers of other religions and world outlooks, to unify in an effort
to establish a true peace order in the world, one which eliminates the
real causes for war by taking into account the valid security
interests of all parties.”
While regional conflicts are raging in several parts of the
world—several of which have the potential of escalating to nuclear
Armageddon—a promising chance for peace in the NATO-Russia conflict
began yesterday with talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul.
This marks the beginning of such talks since early April of 2022, when
Boris Johnson intervened to sabotage a peaceful resolution based on no
entry of Ukraine into NATO and recognition of Crimea as being a part
of Russia.
Above all, if peaceful negotiations between nations in regional
hotspots are to be successful, a recognition in the humanity of the
“Other” is required, as expressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin
during an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory Day in
Russia.
Putin’s expressed gratitude to the U.S. and other allies who fought
in the Second World War for their role in opening the western front
against Nazi Germany, and for supporting the Soviet Union through the
Lend Lease Program, also coincides with his view of the appreciation
of the “Other” as the basis for true statecraft.
The idea of peace through economic development as the basis for
overcoming war is also an expression of Agape, or Love, in recognition
of the better interests of the other. The fatal flaw in U.S. foreign
and domestic policy, is the abandonment of this idea. Only if we
return to the American System of Alexander Hamilton, Friedrich List,
Henry Carey, and others, can we provide the basis of sustainable and
durable peace.
Speakers: Harley Schlanger and Bill Jones
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