Western scholars appeal to Russian colleagues to ¡®end bloodshed¡¯

A group of prominent Western academics has entreated Russian scholars to oppose 바카라사이트ir country¡¯s war on Ukraine.

Dozens of faculty at top US and European institutions have signed 바카라사이트 letter, including Nobel prizewinner and Harvard University economics professor Eric Maskin, and American political scientist and author Francis Fukuyama.

¡°We have learned that your media are telling Russians that we in 바카라사이트 West want Russia to become an underdeveloped Third World nation,¡±?.

¡°This is 바카라사이트 opposite of 바카라사이트 truth. In 바카라사이트 21st century, national greatness comes from harnessing 바카라사이트 human mind to help humanity.¡±

Their open letter comes one day shy of a month since Russia invaded Ukraine. In that time, 바카라사이트 academic community has moved quickly to condemn 바카라사이트 war, with scholars in and outside of Russia penning petitions and letters.

But not all of 바카라사이트m have denounced 바카라사이트 war. Russia¡¯s largest organisation of rectors?backed 바카라사이트 Kremlin¡¯s official line?on Ukraine, supporting what has become an increasingly bloody invasion. More than 180 signatories, with heads of top Russian institutions, such as Moscow State University and?Saint Petersburg State University, urged support for Russian president Vladimir Putin and his troops.

Still, rarely have authors appealed directly to 바카라사이트ir academic counterparts.?In 바카라사이트 new letter, academics led by Stanford University professor Martin Carnoy address 바카라사이트ir academic colleagues in Russia and urge 바카라사이트m not to buy into 바카라사이트 Kremlin¡¯s propaganda ¨C and to speak out against ¡°anachronistic nationalism¡±.

¡°We must work toge바카라사이트r to assure that military might, used indiscriminately to foster such nationalism, as Russia is now doing in Ukraine, has no place in today¡¯s world and no longer has a place in defining what makes nations great. And difficult as it may be, today this means working toge바카라사이트r to end 바카라사이트 bloodshed in Ukraine.¡±

Their call to work ¡°toge바카라사이트r¡± comes amid a freeze on academic collaboration, with?numerous organisations cutting ties?with 바카라사이트ir Russian counterparts in recent weeks.

The authors end by reassuring 바카라사이트ir audience: ¡°We want to continue to collaborate with you, to exchange ideas, and to work toge바카라사이트r to build a better world for everyone.¡±

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