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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ZH-CN link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear Wolfgang,</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:等线'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;mso-para-margin-top:.5gd;text-indent:24.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Since the second day of Ukraine has been invading, a group of famous Russian scientists wrote an open letter against war. Many academicians of the Russian Academy of Science, including the 2010 Nobel Prize winner in physics Konstantin Novoselov and others signed it. The number of signatures on the 24th was 816, on the 26th was 3686, and today is 6150. The letter was well written and clearly expressed the position of Russian scientists with conscience against the war and their concerns about Russia's future. At present, it has been translated into 10 languages, including Russian, Ukrainian, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Suomi, and Chinese.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:24.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Please visit the Russian version: <a href="https://trv-science.ru/2022/02/we-are-against-war/">https://trv-science.ru/2022/02/we-are-against-war/</a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:等线'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:108.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>The English version: <a href="https://trv-science.ru/en/2022/02/we-are-against-war-en/">https://trv-science.ru/en/2022/02/we-are-against-war-en/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:108.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>The German version: <a href="https://trv-science.ru/de/2022/02/we-are-against-war-de/">https://trv-science.ru/de/2022/02/we-are-against-war-de/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Xueshan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I post the full English version here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>=================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:等线;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333'>Open letter of Russian scientists and science journalists against the war with Ukraine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>24.02.2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:24.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:15.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:2.0gd;text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://trv-science.ru/2022/02/we-are-against-war/"><span style='color:#C80000'>Originally published by Troitsky Variant – Nauka</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;mso-para-margin-right:3.0gd;mso-para-margin-bottom:15.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:3.0gd;text-indent:11.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>We, the undersigned Russian scientists and science journalists, declare our strong opposition to the Russian hostilities launched against the Ukrainian people. These hostilities are incurring huge human losses and undermines the foundations of the established system of international security. The responsibility for unleashing a new war in Europe lies entirely with Russia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;mso-para-margin-right:3.0gd;mso-para-margin-bottom:15.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:3.0gd;text-indent:11.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>There is no rational justification for this war. Obviously, Ukraine poses no threat to the security of Russia. The attempts to use the situation in Donbass as a pretext for launching a military operation are totally contrived. The war against Ukraine is unjust and frankly nonsense.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;mso-para-margin-right:3.0gd;mso-para-margin-bottom:15.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:3.0gd;text-indent:11.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Ukraine has been and remains a country close to us. Many of us have relatives, friends, and colleagues living in Ukraine. Our fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers fought together against Nazism, and unleashing a war for the sake of the geopolitical ambitions of the leadership of the Russian Federation, driven by dubious historiosophical fantasies, is a cynical betrayal of their memory.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;mso-para-margin-right:3.0gd;mso-para-margin-bottom:15.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:3.0gd;text-indent:11.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>We respect the Ukrainian statehood, which rests on the ideals of a democratic institution, We are sympathetic to the orientation of Ukraine toward the European Union. We are convinced that all of the problems in the relationships between our countries could have been resolved peacefully.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;mso-para-margin-right:3.0gd;mso-para-margin-bottom:15.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:3.0gd;text-indent:11.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Having unleashed the war, Russia has doomed itself to international isolation. It has devolved into a pariah country. This means that we, Russian scientists and journalists, will no longer be able to do our job in a normal way because conducting scientific research is unthinkable without cooperation and trust with colleagues from other countries. The isolation of Russia from the world means cultural and technological degradation of our country with a complete lack of positive prospects. The war with Ukraine is a step to nowhere.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:36.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;mso-para-margin-right:3.0gd;mso-para-margin-bottom:15.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:3.0gd;text-indent:11.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>It is bitter to realize that our country, which has made a decisive contribution to the victory over Nazism, has now instigated a new war on the European continent. We demand an immediate halt to all military operations directed against Ukraine. We demand respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Ukrainian state. We demand peace for our countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:15.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:11.5pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>==========================================================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> fis-bounces@listas.unizar.es <fis-bounces@listas.unizar.es> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Wolfgang Hofkirchner<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 1, 2022 11:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> Marcin SCHROEDER <mjs@gl.aiu.ac.jp><br><b>Cc:</b> Burgin, Mark <mburgin@math.ucla.edu>; fis <fis@listas.unizar.es>; annette.grathoff <annette.grathoff@is4si.org>; Gordana Dodig Crnkovic <gordana.dodig-crnkovic@chalmers.se>; Joseph Brenner <joe.brenner@bluewin.ch><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fis] The Sports, Music and Information Worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>dear marcin, dear friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>i can</span>’<span lang=EN-US>t hesitate to clarify some issues below in detail. i</span>’<span lang=EN-US>m stll convinced that security in europe (as in the world) cannot be reached without/against russia. when i was young, german politics worked according to that maxim and the result was that with gorbachev the first cold war could be settled.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Am 01.03.2022 um 14:42 schrieb Marcin SCHROEDER <<a href="mailto:mjs@gl.aiu.ac.jp">mjs@gl.aiu.ac.jp</a>>:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Dear All,<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I think Xueshan's support for the position of Russian scientists was the right reaction. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>no, see below.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I am not sure whether everyone read it, so I am including it below.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>If Russian scientists are protesting Russian hostilities, then the hesitation to condemn the aggression on Ukraine can hardly be justified by the concern about cutting possibilities of a dialog. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>don</span>’<span lang=EN-US>t you then exclude all other russian scientists that might have different opinions? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>We are not talking about sanctions, as we (IS4SI) do not have any power to sanction anyone. However, we have the moral obligation to protest actions which are directed against civilians, against a country which does not have any means to threaten the aggressor.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the russian war is officially not directed against civilians, it is directed towards regime change (which is, of course, a breach of international law). for russia, the people of russia and ukraine are brothers. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the country is militarily trained by nato troops, they have each year joint exercises. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>why didn</span>’<span lang=EN-US>t we protest against the government</span>’<span lang=EN-US>s civil war against the people in donbas, that caused up to 10,000 casualties so far? why is russian language forbidden in public life? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>For me, the additional reason to protest is the use of misinformation to justify actions: supposed genocide in and nazism of Ukraina.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>bandera seems to be a hero in politics. he collaborated with the nazis, massacring jews and polish people. to my knowledge, no other european country has accepted </span>„<span lang=EN-US>right-wing</span>“<span lang=EN-US> militia (as regular or irregular troops)!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>If we do not protest we fail our moral obligation and neglect our professional duty to prevent the abuse of information as a political and military instrument.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>we need to do this also with regard to the propagation of enemy-images and demonisation of any deemed adversary. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>In my opinion, we should not hesitate and act promptly to express our support for the Ukrainian people.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Marcin <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Xueshan's support for the position of Russian scientists:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:6.0pt;line-height:19.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:等线'>Dear Joseph and friends,</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height:19.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:等线'>I firmly support the position of Russian scientists.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height:19.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:等线'>“<span lang=EN-US>We, the undersigned Russian scientists and science journalists, declare our strong opposition to the Russian hostilities launched against the Ukrainian people. </span></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>again, it</span>’<span lang=EN-US>s not targeted against the ukrainian people. <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height:19.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:等线'>These hostilities are incurring huge human losses and undermines the foundations of the established system of international security. </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>that</span>’<span lang=EN-US>s true </span>–<span lang=EN-US> the currently realised system of internatonal security does not fulfill its own principle that security must not be achieved at the cost of the security of other states. if russia states it feels betrayed, nato needs to take that seriously even when it asserts that it does not want to pose a threat to russia. the same holds vice versa. all that must be negotiated again. <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height:19.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:等线'>The responsibility for unleashing a new war in Europe lies entirely with Russia.</span></b><b><span style='font-family:等线'>”</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>by ignoring what russia has been stating since years, russia has been cornered. that it (erronously) concluded to resort to waging a war, could have been prevented by nato entering into negotiations well before. <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height:19.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:等线'>“<span lang=EN-US>There is no rational justification for this war. Obviously, Ukraine poses no threat to the security of Russia. The attempts to use the situation in Donbass as a pretext for launching a military operation are totally contrived. The war against Ukraine is unjust and frankly nonsense.</span>”</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>see my arguments above.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>however, we should not get in disputes about that such that we would endanger our common work!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>w.<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height:19.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:等线'>…………</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:18.0pt;line-height:19.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:等线'>God bless the Ukrainian people!</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-left:6.0pt;line-height:19.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:等线'>Xueshan</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-left:6.0pt;line-height:19.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-left:6.0pt;line-height:19.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-left:6.0pt;line-height:19.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-left:6.0pt;line-height:19.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Marcin J. Schroeder, Ph.D.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Specially Appointed Professor </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Global Learning Center </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>IEHE (Institute for Excellence in Higher Education) (</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>高度教養教育</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"微软雅黑",sans-serif'>・</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>学生支援</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>機構</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>) </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tohoku University </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>(</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>東北大学</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>41 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8576 JAPAN (</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>〒</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>980-8576</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> 仙台市青葉区川内</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>41) </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:schroeder.marcin.e4@tohoku.ac.jp" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC'>schroeder.marcin.e4@tohoku.ac.jp</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Professor Emeritus</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Akita International University, Akita Japan</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:mjs@aiu.ac.jp" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC'>mjs@gl.aiu.ac.jp</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Editor-in-Chief </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Philosophies </span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> (MDPI Basel Switzerland) </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/philosophies" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#006D21'>https://www.mdpi.com/journal/philosophies</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;color:#006D21'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 9:37 PM Wolfgang Hofkirchner <<a href="mailto:wolfgang.hofkirchner@is4si.org">wolfgang.hofkirchner@is4si.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>sorry, i forgot to reference an eye-opening article (the author is an american who was involved in the cuba crisis): <a href="https://usrussiaaccord.org/acura-viewpoint-jack-f-matlock-jr-todays-crisis-over-ukraine/" target="_blank">https://usrussiaaccord.org/acura-viewpoint-jack-f-matlock-jr-todays-crisis-over-ukraine/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>best,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>w.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Am 01.03.2022 um 13:28 schrieb Wolfgang Hofkirchner <<a href="mailto:wolfgang.hofkirchner@is4si.org" target="_blank">wolfgang.hofkirchner@is4si.org</a>>:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>dear friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>we are scientists, we are colleagues, we are international, we are even part of the spearhead of a future common humanity, we are working for the common good. and many of us are paid by their governments, by funds of eu etc. as to myself, i had tried the last years two times in vain for being funded by a joint bid of an austrian and a russian fund on a project on shaping human cyber futures. i had a team of the moscow academy of sciences and others, but was stalled because of anti-russian reviewers. thus, it is my view, we should not let policy interfere in academic exchange to an extent that hinders international collaboration. we should be very cautious to blame each other for that. we are not responsible for what our governments are doing, we can even oppose their policy, but this is up to each of us. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>as an international community, we need to have in mind how that conflict can be solved. and if there is a conflict, then all conflicting partners need to engage in conflict resolution. it is contraproductive (and inhumane) to oust one side. all are needed for establishing relations that prevent military measures </span>–<span lang=EN-US> in our case, the establishment of a common security architecture, that is, including russia, nato states of eu as well as united states. the war will not be halted by sanctions. sanctions do prepare only the next round of escalation, not to speak of providing weaponry to one side. the war can be halted only by negotiations that thematise the underlying grounds of conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>don</span>’<span lang=EN-US>t forget that the second cold war is not only with russia. for the united states it is, predominantly, with china. shall we put at stake our collaboration with our chinese colleagues?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>w.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><signatur-footer-HE-Aufruf-EN-500px.jpg> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Am 01.03.2022 um 12:08 schrieb <a href="mailto:annette.grathoff@is4si.org" target="_blank">annette.grathoff@is4si.org</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Dear Joseph,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>I understand both of your arguments, but making a decision in this case is really difficult. The first argument, that any pressure that makes the Russian regime less viable internationally and, temporarily, isolated should be exerted, is especially valid if the actual political leader can soon be stopped, freeing all Russian people who are against the "policy" of attack. The second argument, that breaking all ties to Russia and Russian general public tends to be a hardship for and isolate our friends in Russia even further is valid especially on a long term, in case the actual conflict takes long. Can we take the risk of stopping the information flow between a country which is (has been forced into) isolating itself and its (with regards to information nurturing) environment? Will the self-organization of opposing forces be viable then on a long term scale? We have to avoid any support for a new iron curtain!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>I do not know which argument is more relevant and which scenario more probable. Thank you for starting the discussion here!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Annette<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>---</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Dr. Annette Grathoff</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Evolution of Information Processing Systems</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Vienna</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:grathoff@icbm.de" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>grathoff@icbm.de</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>06802341968</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>General Secretary of the</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>International Society for the Study of Information (IS4SI)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:Annette.grathoff@is4si.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Annette.grathoff@is4si.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Mark Burgin wrote on 01.03.2022 08:27 (GMT +01:00):<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px'><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>Although I don't have scientific relations with Russian scientists or <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>mathematicians, I support your proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>On 2/28/2022 8:57 PM, Marcin SCHROEDER wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Dear Joseph, Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> I support your proposal with my heart and my reason.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> This protest is not against any individual researcher, no matter what <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> their nationality is. It is against unprovoked actions of the Russian <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> government and military threatening peace in the entire world, against <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> actions bringing harm, death and suffering to innocent people of Ukraine.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Marcin<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Marcin J. Schroeder, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Specially Appointed Professor<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Global Learning Center<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> IEHE (Institute for Excellence in Higher Education) <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> (</span><span style='color:#333333'>高度教養教育</span><span style='font-family:"微软雅黑",sans-serif;color:#333333'>・</span><span style='color:#333333'>学生支援機構<span lang=EN-US>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Tohoku University (</span><span style='color:#333333'>東北大学<span lang=EN-US>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> 41 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8576 JAPAN <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> (</span><span style='color:#333333'>〒<span lang=EN-US>980-8576</span> 仙台市青葉区川内<span lang=EN-US>41)<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:schroeder.marcin.e4@tohoku.ac.jp" target="_blank">schroeder.marcin.e4@tohoku.ac.jp</a><span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Professor Emeritus<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Akita International University, Akita Japan<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:mjs@gl.aiu.ac.jp" target="_blank">mjs@gl.aiu.ac.jp</a><span style='color:#333333'> <</span><a href="mailto:mjs@aiu.ac.jp" target="_blank" title="mailto:mjs@aiu.ac.jp">mailto:mjs@aiu.ac.jp</a><span style='color:#333333'>><o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Editor-in-Chief<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> /Philosophies / (MDPI Basel Switzerland)<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/philosophies" target="_blank" title="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/philosophies">https://www.mdpi.com/journal/philosophies</a><span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 4:52 AM </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:joe.brenner@bluewin.ch" target="_blank">joe.brenner@bluewin.ch</a><span style='color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> <</span><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:joe.brenner@bluewin.ch" target="_blank">joe.brenner@bluewin.ch</a><span style='color:#333333'>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Dear Mark, Dear Marcin, Dear Friends and Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Today Switzerland gave up its otherwise precious neutrality, and<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> two major sports organizations, FIFA and the International Olympic<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Committee, excluded Russian members and athletes. The Russian<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Director and Conductor of the prestigious Verbier Music Festival<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> in Switzerland was fired.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Many of us have positions in and relations to Russian scientific<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> bodies and publications as authors, editors, reviewers and<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> publishers. The question is whether individually or collectively,<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> these relations should be terminated. The argument can be made<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> that this would tend to be a hardship for and isolate our friends<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> in Russia even further. For me, the counterargument is that any<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> pressure that makes the Russian regime less viable internationally<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> and, temporarily, isolated should be exerted.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> We are fortunate in having Mark Burgin and Marcin Schroeder at the<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> head of our initiatives. Before making any moves, given their<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> direct knowledge of that part of the world, I ask them for their<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> guidance.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Thank you and best wishes to all,<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>> Joseph<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'>><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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