The Third NFG Academic Council Meeting was held in New Delhi, India, on 26-27 September, 2013 in association with Jawaharlal Nehru University, the Observer Research Foundation, and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung India. The Conference on ‘Europe’s Role for Security in a Multipolar World: the Views from India and China’ brought together academics, practitioners, and policy makers from Europe, India and China, with the aim of bridging the gap between academic and policy debates in Asia and Europe.