Embrace Peace

Andreas Karas Foundation has launched www.embracepeace.org to advance peace related initiatives around the world.
PROJECTS:

- UKRAINE & RUSSIA (initiative launched)
- BUILDING BRIDGES WITH IRAN (initiative in the process to be launched): 
a) Focus is building first links in education and business. Other key policy issues relating to Iran that are under consideration: 
b) How to bring along Iran as a positive factor in helping resolve the Middle East Problem, by putting the seeds for dialog between moderate voices in Iran and moderate voices in Israel. The ongoing friction between Israel and Iran is putting the whole region at risk.
c) How to support a new modus operandi in Arab-Iranian relations, where friendship and cooperation are the core.  Especially given the cultures in the region: it is always easier to convince your friends than your enemies.


Launched Initiatives - brief

Ukraine should be a bridge to Russia and not a wall with the United States and the European Union.

Every country involved in the 2014 mess in Ukraine has made mistakes. In order to find a lasting solution that advances peace and prosperity in Ukraine while also keeping the interests of all the other countries involved we should have a change in mentality among the key decision makers involved. To bring this change there needs to be coordination among those people in think tanks, academia, media who share the principle that cooperation and not friction should be the modus operandi of international relations.

The United States and the European Union should engage Russia as a partner in making Ukraine a better place.