Save the Date, Webinar on Unification Diplomacy, June 3rd, 2025

UNIFICATION DIPLOMACY Webinar, Tuesday June 3rd, 2025, 6 p.m. CET bit,ly/tptstudieszoom or us06web.zoom,us/j/84251206626, Meeting ID: 842 5120 6626

The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy. Lajos Kossuth (Hungarian stateman (1802-1894)

In 1945, World War II ended, the United Nations were born. In 80 years, diplomatic activity has immensely progressed, quantitavely and qualitatively. With decolonization and the end of the cold war, many countries became sovereign nations. Seeking stability. they often join regional unions, but also ideological or economic alliances. Diplomacy has also changed radically in nature. State diplomacy (Track 1 diplomacy) is challenged by the rise of paradiplomacy. Track 1.5 diplomacy, or semi-official diplomacy, mostly concerns the rising role of parliamentary diplomacy and city diplomacy. Track 2 diplomacy is promoted by NGOs, the civil society, influencers, whose voice is powerful in International organizations.

Yet, the world in 2025 remains volatile, uncertain and insecure. Diplomacy still fails to address many crises and urgencies. Dr. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon founded the Universal Peace Federation, offering tools for a universal diplomacy, or unification diplomacy. The True Parents’ Thought Forum is inviting Dr. Laurent Ladouce, lecturer on Unification Thought and consultant on city diplomacy, to present the main tenets of Unification Diplomacy and their applications.