The Significance of Education for Today’s Global Security, an Online Talk

In July 2025, SINOPRESS will hold an online talk with Ms Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Founder of Schiller Institute in Germany.

As a decade-long activist for historical investigation, world economic modules and dialogue of cultures, Ms Helga Zepp-LaRouche has, not without controversy, been devoting herself to the intercultural talks with people from different regions holding different mentalities. Open-minded, she is by all means a person of courage. 

The talk with her will focus on education as the most sustainable policy to secure the global peace, in contrast to geo-politics, empirical thinking, and protectionism. As Ms Helga Zepp-LaRouche put it, education means shaping aesthetic values, critical thinking and achieving open-mindedness which requires understanding of different cultures and mentalities. She mentioned the influential Chinese educator Mr. Cai Yuanpei (1868–1940), scholar and former director of Beijing University. From 1907 to 1911 and in 1912, Mr. Cai was in the University of Leipzig in Germany to study philosophy and psychology. The experience exerted enduring influence on his academic thoughts, allowing him to reshape his world view based on both Chinese and Western cultures. Schiller’s idealism is part of this process.

Ms. Feride Istogu Gillesberg, Representative of Schiller Institute in Denmark, Dr. Laszlo Flamm, EuropaHaus Budapest in Hungary, Professor Yang Minghong, Sichuan University in China and Mr. Martin Sörös, Free-Lance Journalist in Austria will join the talk. 

Some points to be discussed:

1. Social security structure created through education with open heartedness for different cultures, traditions and mentality.
2. Development module shaped to meet the interests of all nations based not on ideology or tariff war, but on realistic cooperation according to the UN Charter and the five principles of peaceful coexistence.
3. Shift of perspectives by education allowing the world to observe other parts of the world not through the biased media, but via open dialogues and personal experiences. 
4. With educational programs to promote human reasoning, mutual understanding and benefits instead of geopolitical considerations or empirical mindset.