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The Scottish Council on Global Affairs is a hub for research and policy-informed, non-partisan debate on international relations and global politics.

SCGA Annual Report

SCGA Annual Report 2023/24

The Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA), the first all-Scotland global affairs institute, has published its annual report for 2023-24, which rounds up mission and activities, research highlights, and events and engagements.

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SCGA Event - St Andrews event

Scotland’s First Minister and the former Prime Minister of Ireland helped St Andrews celebrate taking over the chairmanship of the international relations think tank, the Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA) at an event held in St Andrews on 6 February.

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SCGA Roundtable Report

The Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA) convened a roundtable discussion focused on the future of Russia on 2 December 2024. The event brought together the ten fellows from the John Smith Trust 2024/25 cohort of the Leaders in Exile: Future of Russia Fellowship Programme with invited guests from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the Scotland Office, and the Scottish Government, alongside academics from the University of Glasgow.

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Cross-border Relief

The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue organised a workshop to examine the current legal framework governing humanitarian assistance in armed conflicts. A key focus of the workshop was the potential revision of a critical condition imposed by this framework: the requirement for the consent of the territorial state to conduct relief operations.

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St Andrews event podcast

A live recording of First Minister John Swinney MSP and former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar with Principal Professor Dame Sally Mapstone, at an event held in the Booth Lecture Theatre to mark the transition of SCGA from the University of Glasgow to St Andrews for the next two years.

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