JEFFREY SACHS: Open Letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz

JEFFREY SACHS: Open Letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz

In a second open letter in Berliner Zeitung, the author tells the German chancellor that diplomacy with Russia is urgent to avoid a wider war in Europe.  By Jeffrey D. Sachs Berliner Zeitung May 26, 2026 Chancellor Merz, When I wrote an open letter to you a half year ago, I urged Germ

Jeffrey Sachs - An Open Letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz

Economist and diplomat Jeffrey Sachs is calling on German Chancellor Merz to begin immediate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about peace in Europe. University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is also President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and a commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission…

Jeffrey Sachs: An Open Letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz

By Jeffrey Sachs* – Berliner Zeitung  Economist and diplomat Jeffrey Sachs is calling on German Chancellor Merz to begin immediate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about peace in Europe. Chancellor Merz, When I wrote an open letter to you a half year ago, I urged Germany to pursue diplomacy with Russia rather than the normalization of war. Six months later, the situation in Europe is dramatically worse. Europe and Russia are slipping …

An Open Letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz - World BEYOND War

By Jeffrey D. Sachs, Berliner Zeitung, May 28, 2026 Chancellor Merz, When I wrote an open letter to you a half year ago, I urged Germany to pursue diplomacy with Russia rather than the normalization of war. Six months later, the situation in Europe is dramatically worse. Europe and Russia are slipping into open war. And in that drift, Chancellor, your responsibility is singular. No European leader — not in Paris, not in Warsaw, not in Rome — hol…