Antalya (TDI): The Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2025 has started today in Antalya, Türkiye and will continue till April 13th. This is the 4th edition of the Forum whose theme is “Reclaiming Diplomacy in a Fragmented World.”
The Forum has become the flagship event of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye. This year’s theme has been picked in the backdrop where Russia-Ukraine war and Israel’s imposed war on Gaza have divided the world and globalization struggles to bring countries together.
“Growing geopolitical rifts, deepening global inequalities, surge in violence targeting civilians, intolerance towards divergent views, uncertainties driven by technological disruptions and multidimensional impact of climate crisis have all shaken common sense of justice and eroded trust in international institutions.”
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“The inability of the current international system to find solutions to these contemporary challenges has further strained the already struggling cooperation efforts,” this year Forum’s official introduction read.
DAY 1 of Antalya Diplomacy Forum
Day one of the Forum is fully packed with panel discussions, ADF Talks, Roundtables, and ADF Leaders Panel.
The panels for the Day one include:
- Nuclear Escalation: A Re-emerging Threat?
- Connectivity, Digitalization and Development
- Geostrategic Dynamics in Asia-Pacific
- Peace in the Middle East: Time for Two-State Solution
- Horn of Africa Risks and Opportunities
- Reflections from Gaza Contact Group on the Future of Gaza/Palestine
- Rethinking Global Cooperation Against Terrorism
- Effective Mediation: Looking to the Future in Conflict Resolution
- Protectionism: The End of Globalization?
- From Vision to Action: Strengthening the OIC
- Humanitarian Response to Complex Crises
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Among the talks lined up for the first day are:
- Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu – President of the Republic of Kosovo
- Ersin Tatar – President, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Prabowo Subianto – President Republic of Indonesia
Two Roundtables are also scheduled to take place on the Forum’s Day one:
- Parliamentary Diplomacy in Global Governance
- Silent Super Power: Reflections of Science and AI Technology in International Relations
In the ADF Leaders Panel, titled Search for Partnerships in the Era of Multi-polarization, Jakov Milatović, President of Montenegro and Cevdet Yılmaz, Vice President of the Republic of Türkiye participated alongside other leaders.
Who Said What?
During the panel discussion Nuclear Escalation: A Re-emerging Threat? Robert Floyd, the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) delivered important remarks:
“I would suggest to young people: visit Hiroshima, and then ask yourself whether all weapons are truly the same. When you’re confronted with the magnitude of the impact from a small nuclear device—only 15 kilotons—and you witness the indiscriminate devastation, you realize that, at the hands of humanity, more people died in the immediate aftermath or soon after than in any other event caused by human actions in our history.”
Nuzhat Rana is an Associate Editor at The Diplomatic Insight.
