On October 19–21, 2018, Peking University hosted the fifth meeting of the “North Pavilion Dialogue”, an annual high-level international seminar focusing on topical issues of international relations and security.
On October 19–21, 2018, Peking University hosted the fifth meeting of the “North Pavilion Dialogue”, an annual high-level international seminar focusing on topical issues of international relations and security.
The meeting gathered former foreign ministers and other high-ranking officials, including Nabil Fahmy, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt; Yoriko Kawaguchi, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan; Kim Sung-hwan, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea; Shivshankar Menon, former National Security Adviser of India under Prime Minister of India; John Negroponte, former US Deputy Secretary of State; Joseph Nye, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; Marty Natalegawa, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia; David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom; as well as leading Chinese and foreign experts on international affairs.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, traditionally represented Russia at the event. In 2018 the topic of the «North Pavilion Dialogue» was defined as «2018: Geostrategic Competition in Eurasia and China-the US Relations».
