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."

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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."

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