As an invited speaker, Professor Mitrovic, Head of IAS, took part at the International Conference: Competing External Influences in South East Europe –Implications for Regional Consolidation, organised by the PfP Consortium Study Group Regional Stability in South East Europe. The professor spoke on the role of China in the panel Convergence and Divergence of Geopolitical Concepts Vis-à-Vis South East Europe. The conference occurred in Reichenau/Rax, Austria, between May 16 and 19, 2019.