Towards A Feminist Foreign Policy For Scotland – Partners, Pitfalls, Possibilities
This SCGA Insight reports on a roundtable held in June 2023, at the British International Studies Association conference in Glasgow, sponsored by the SCGA.
December 2023
Dr Bernhard Reinsberg, Dr Malte Riemann
The following is taken from the document summary:
“In recent years, Feminist Foreign Policies have gained momentum as a transformative approach in international relations. The Scottish Government has been developing a feminist approach to its external relations over the last few years, aligning itself with countries such as Canada, Chile, Mexico, France and Germany.
The priorities of such a policy, and the various pitfalls and possibilities, are very much matters of live debate. Scotland may be a sub-state, with a small influence on the rest of the world, but how it approaches its external relations still matters, especially as part of a coalition of states pioneering feminist foreign policies.
This SCGA Insight reports on a roundtable held in June 2023, at the British International Studies Association conference in Glasgow, sponsored by the SCGA. Panellists addressed questions on what the priorities of the Scottish Government should be, the main obstacles it might face in developing a feminist foreign policy, the challenge of fostering equitable partnerships with Global South states, the prospects for backlash and how to limit it, and the scope for involving citizens.
Panellists did not always agree with each other, but definitely made progress towards identifying both pitfalls and possibilities.”
“In recent years, Feminist Foreign Policies have gained momentum as a transformative approach in international relations.”
