The basis of our campaign is the statement ‘A New Cold War against China is against the interests of humanity’, which was issued in 2020 and endorsed by prominent organisations, scholars, activists, and leaders from across the world. Thousands more have added their names, affirming a simple principle: the world does not need confrontation—it needs cooperation.
Read the full statement here and invite others to sign and strengthen this global call for peace.
No Cold War Campaign Collective
The No Cold War campaign is run by a collective. Biographies of members of the collective are below.
Vijay Prashad
Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a movement driven research institute based in the Global South. A journalist with Globetrotter, an international wire service. An editor at Inkani Books (South Africa), LeftWord Books (India), and La Trocha (Chile). His most recent books are (with Noam Chomsky), On Cuba, and (with Grieve Chelwa) How the International Monetary Fund Strangles Africa.
X: @vijayprashad | Instagram: possiblehistory | Website: https://thetricontinental.org/ | Substack: https://luciddialectics.substack.com
Biljana Vankovska
Professor, Board Member of the Transnational Foundation for Peace Research, Lund; former Senior Fellow of the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute and the Geneva-based Center for the Democratic control of Armed Forces. Served as a Faculty staff member of the European Peace University in Austria (until 2014).
A respected academic and peace activist specializing in critical security studies, militarism, international relations and peace research. Based in the Balkans, a region deeply scarred by war, her work is a powerful critique of NATO's role and the global arms industry. She advocates for demilitarization and neutral security frameworks as a foundation for genuine peace.
Substack: https://biljanavankovska.substack.com
John Ross
Senior Fellow, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China.
Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. Winner of China's highest prizes both for foreign writers on China and for foreign experts working in China. He was the Director of Economic Policy for the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, for eight years. He is the author of the English language book on China’s development, “English China’s Great Road” and in Chinese, the books “The Great Chess Game” and “Don’t misunderstand China’s Economy”. He has over a million followers on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter. He is the author of over 1,000 articles since 1992 on China’s geopolitical situation and economy.
X: @johnross43 | Substack: https://johnross43.substack.com/
Bert De Belder
Workers' Party of Belgium (PVDA)
A medical doctor by education and longtime activist, Bert De Belder co-founded the international solidarity organization Intal. In his peace activism, he has been mobilizing against NATO, co-organizing solidarity missions to conflict zones, and international conferences, both at the European and world level, linking the struggle against militarism to the fight for social justice.
X: @BertDeBelder | Websites: https://www.pvda.be/ (Information also via the Intal websites)
Mikaela Nhondo Erskog
A researcher and editor at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and co-coordinator of the Tricontinental Pan-Africa office, where she co-wrote a recent dossier titled Sahel Seeks Sovereignty. She is currently pursuing her PhD at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University. She is a member of Pan Africanism Today Secretariat, which coordinates the regional articulation of the International People's Assembly.
X: @mikaela_nhondo | Instagram: mikanhondo
Dae-han Song
International Strategy Center (Seoul).
A writer and organizer based in South Korea, a nation technically still at war. His work with the International Strategy Center focuses on building people-to-people solidarity and challenging the logic of militarism and empire on the Korean Peninsula. He is actively involved in movements for peace, reunification, and against the presence of foreign military bases. He is also an associate of the Korea Policy Institute.
Instagram: goiscorg | Website: "https://www.goisc.org/home
Jai Kumar
Jai Kumar is a Federal President of a Progressive Students' Federation. He is a political activist and a researcher. he is also an editor of the Marxist magazine Surkh Sawera Sindhi edition.
X: @JaiKumarBhagat | Instagram: jai.malhi