Scottish Council on Global Affairs

John Edward

A new home for informed, non-partisan debate on foreign and security policy.

The Council brings together the public, private and not-for-profit sectors with civil society and academic expertise to encourage dialogue, debate and the dissemination of expertise on issues of global importance.

SCGA also promotes informed discourse and debate on international affairs within Scotland through informed commentary.



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SCGA introduction - August 2023
22-08-2023
SCGA introduction - August 2023
In our first foray into audio, SCGA Head of Operations, John Edward, speaks with SCGA Executive Director, Professor Peter Jackson of the University of Glasgow. They look at how and why the first UK international affairs body outside London was set up, and how it will contribute to public debate and research."There is a pressing need to marshal Scotland’s formidable expertise on international affairs to support the formulation of public policy and to lift the level of debate over international questions in the public sphere." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

SCGA introduction - August 2023
22-08-2023
SCGA introduction - August 2023
In our first foray into audio, SCGA Head of Operations, John Edward, speaks with SCGA Executive Director, Professor Peter Jackson of the University of Glasgow. They look at how and why the first UK international affairs body outside London was set up, and how it will contribute to public debate and research."There is a pressing need to marshal Scotland’s formidable expertise on international affairs to support the formulation of public policy and to lift the level of debate over international questions in the public sphere." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SCGA introduction - August 2023
22-08-2023
SCGA introduction - August 2023
In this first episode from the Scottish Council on Global Affairs, Head of Operations John Edward asks the University of Glasgow's Professor Peter Jackson, Executive Director of the SCGA, about why the Council was created, how it works, and what it is working on now."There is a pressing need to marshal Scotland’s formidable expertise on international affairs to support the formulation of public policy and to lift the level of debate over international questions in the public sphere." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.