The Third Roundtable on Current Security Issues in the North Pacific Region gathered some twenty participants - high level independent experts and government representatives - mostly from China, the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Switzerland, on 17 and 18 September 2014 in Montreux/Glion, Switzerland. It was organised by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP).

The purpose of the roundtable is to facilitate informal, open and substantive discussions among participants from key countries on the security and stability of the Northern Pacific region. The first two rounds (2012 and 2013) were devoted to an overview of the multiple security challenges facing the region, the dynamics of the growing power competition and the impact of defence strategies on regional stability. The third round, which took place in the context of the crisis between Russia and the West over Ukraine, addressed, among other things, the impacts of this crisis on the security environment and balance of power in Asia-Pacific.

The roundtable was structured in four sessions:

(1) Implications of the Ukraine crisis;

(2) North Korea’s nuclear program;

(3) psychological factors shaping regional security and;

(4) principles underpinning security in Asia-Pacific.