India, August 13, 2025: On the eve of the long-awaited Alaska summit between two influential world leaders, the international social organization OneFuture (Israel) issued a call for the United States and Russia to prioritize global peace, stability, and cooperation. On August 12, 2025, Indian youth leader Priyanka Yadav, head of the OneFutureForum Youth Assembly (India), met with OneFuture’s founder and president, Grigorii Pelman, to urge U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to use the upcoming summit as a historic turning point to end conflicts, strengthen trust, and create a foundation for global peace, harmony, and cooperation.
Following their discussions, Yadav and Pelman co-authored an Open Appeal to the two world leaders, calling on them not only to end wars, including the conflict in Ukraine, but also to usher in a new era of trust, economic cooperation, and cultural exchange.
The appeal notes that eighty years ago, the invention of nuclear weapons changed humanity’s fate: the lives of billions now depend on the decisions of nuclear powers’ leaders. This moment made humanity a global socio-political entity, greater than the sum of all nations and peoples, with its own interests and goals. Humanity needs leaders responsible for its destiny. The United States and Russia bear responsibility for the future of all humanity.
The central element of the appeal is a proposal to mark and perpetuate a new era of human prosperity by building a memorial-transport complex—a bridge-tunnel across the Bering Strait, connecting Alaska and Chukotka. This will shorten Europe–America–Asia routes, unlock resources, and point the way to a world without wars. Lighthouse Museums of Earth’s Blue Sky—memorial complexes with domes shining like our sky—may become a symbol of humanity’s unity now and in a multiplanetary future.
This bridge will stand as proof that ideas, shared values, and aspirations for a common future can turn dreams into reality, creating a foundation for harmonious and peaceful human development.
“We, the Imagine Future generation, want to inherit a world free of wars and hunger. Our planet’s blue sky and sun shine for all—let us ensure it remains so through bridges of friendship and cooperation,” said Priyanka Yadav, head of the OneFutureForum Youth Assembly (India), in the joint letter to the presidents.
“India’s message to the world is clear—peace is not an ideal, it is a responsibility. The Alaska summit could be a turning point for humanity’s harmonious future,” she added.
Pelman, who has led the OneFuture initiative for over a decade, emphasized that the Bering Strait bridge project is more than infrastructure; it is a global symbol of trust and peace.
The meeting between Pelman and Yadav follows the Spirit of the Elbe Forum, held on April 15, 2025, by OneFuture in collaboration with the Assembly of the Peoples of Eurasia and the American University in Moscow, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the 1945 meeting of Red Army and U.S. Army soldiers on the Elbe River in Germany. The forum also discussed the establishment of the American-Russian Initiatives Fund (ARIF). As a priority project, it was proposed to build a memorial-transport complex—a bridge-tunnel across the Bering Strait, connecting Alaska and Chukotka, to open a pathway between America and Eurasia.
In less than 100 days, OneFuture’s proposal proved visionary: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to meet on August 15, 2025, in Alaska to discuss ending wars and finding paths to humanity’s harmonious development.
History bears witness to the good-neighborly relations of our peoples: from the Alaska Purchase of 1867, which strengthened economic ties, to the alliance during World War II with the meeting on the Elbe in 1945, and the Soyuz-Apollo program of 1975—the first handshake in space. The START treaties (1991–2010), which reduced nuclear arsenals by thousands, showed how trust and partnership ensure global stability.
Yadav and Pelman believe that the upcoming summit could mark the next great chapter in this history—a chapter defined by shared responsibility for humanity’s survival and its future.
“The Spirit of the Elbe united us 80 years ago. Today, we call on you to revive it by building a memorial-transport complex across the Bering Strait as a symbol of unity. President Trump, President Putin, become leaders of the third millennium, embracing responsibility for peace worldwide and the shared future of humanity and Earth,” OneFuture wrote to the presidents.
Onefuture’s Youth Leader From India Calls On Trump-Putin Summit In Alaska To Build A Historic Bridge Of Trust And Peace
