With cyber attacks and #ransomware back in the news again, a timely reminder of SCGA's report on Ransomware and the role of intentional law in combating it: scga.scot/2024/02/27/s...

UK National Security Strategy - #NationalSecurity UK Government published a new National Security Strategy (NSS) on 24 June 2025. A @ukparliament.parliament.uk Joint Committee is seeking views on how well the NSS addresses the range of challenges facing UK. committees.parliament.uk/work/9201/th...

@ukparliament.parliament.uk Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee launching an inquiry to explore innovations that could improve agricultural practices around world and examine UK’s role in contributing to global food security. #foodsecurity committees.parliament.uk/work/9293/in...

A fascinating meeting on challenges and opportunities in #Space and related industries and research base, between colleagues from @bayerischerlandtag.bsky.social & Hanns Seidel Foundation, & Space Scotland with Consul General Hullmann, Michael Picard and Andrew Bowie MP @heriotwattuni.bsky.social

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@scga.bsky.social is delighted to again be playing a part in supporting the Beyond Borders Scotland Festival this August. Full programme details here: bbintfest.com/events/curre...

An online event about #climatechange and #watersecurity in Central Asia by our colleagues in Asia Scotland Institute - 30 July asiascot.com/events/clima...

@ukparliament.parliament.uk Business and Trade Committee Inquiry into UK trade with the US, India and EU committees.parliament.uk/work/9177/uk...

@ukparliament.parliament.uk Public Accounts Committee Inquiry into the UK’s F-35 stealth fighter capability committees.parliament.uk/work/9275/th...

🆕INSIGHT REPORT - Migration and Belonging: Learning from Historic & Contemporary Chinese Immigration to Jamaica. This report explores what we can learn from history & anthropology to better understand today’s migration policies and policy discourse. scga.scot/2025/07/15/s... @yichizhang.bsky.social

The #ScottishConnections Fund 2025-26 is now open for applications. The Scottish Government is looking for innovative ideas from individuals and organisations that promote Scotland and bring together its diaspora around the world.

@europarl.europa.eu Seminar: spotlight on security and defence challenges www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres... 107th Rose-Roth Seminar: spotlight on security and defence challenges

Analysis is based on sentence-level semantic search of inductively-discovered threat topic groups, filtered to include the word 'threat'. Data sourced from the Edinburgh National Security and Defence Documents dataset. datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283...

State-sponsored threats: Both espionage and sabotage emerge as prominent concerns in 2025—espionage doubling from the 2020-2023 baseline whilst sabotage appears as an entirely new threat category—reflecting intensified state competition and the targeting of critical national infrastructure.

Missile threat salience rose 90% in 2025, likely driven by proliferation of advanced ballistic and hypersonic capabilities amongst adversarial states and the erosion of traditional arms control frameworks.

Hybrid warfare salience increased 67% by 2025, indicating growing governmental concern over coordinated grey-zone operations that blur the boundaries between peace and conflict through disinformation, cyberattacks, and economic coercion.

AI and emerging technologies: Artificial intelligence appears as a discrete security threat for the first time in 2025, marking official recognition of AI's dual-use potential and autonomous systems vulnerabilities in an increasingly technology-dependent security landscape.

Military/Traditional Threats: Military threats peaked early (2002-2003) and have maintained consistent but lower-level attention, with recent uptick in 2025, reflecting renewed conventional security concerns.

Climate: emerging priority Climate-related security concerns were absent from early documents but emerged in 2009 and peaked in 2020. Notably, explicit mention climate threats have disappeared entirely from 2025 documents, suggesting a possible shift in framing or priorities.

Nuclear: persistent concern Nuclear threats have maintained steady relevance throughout the period, with notable spikes in 2008 and consistent presence in recent documents.

Cyber: rise and plateau Cyber threats first gained significant attention in 2009 and peaked in 2015. Unlike terrorism, cyber threats have remained consistently present but at lower levels recently.

Terrorism: declining Terrorism emerged as the primary security concern post-9/11, peaking during 2008-2009 and maintaining high levels through to 2018. However, there's been a marked decline in recent years.

In response to the new UK National Security Strategy and SDR, here's my analysis of changing threat topics in UK national security and defence documents since 1998. @uoe-sps.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org @rusi.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social

Always a pleasure to mark Independence Day with our dedicated colleagues at the US Consulate, Edinburgh

The Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA) is partnering once more with The Scottish Parliament’s Festival of Politics when it returns in August this year. scga.scot/2025/06/24/e...

International Procedural Law Research (IPLR) Hub launch scga.scot/2025/06/17/e... @uofglaw.bsky.social

A pleasure to be part of a broad and deep discussion on the #eu2025pl Presidency, the UK-EU Summit, the Security Action for Europe, soft power, and more.

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committees.parliament.uk/work/9177/uk... UK trade with the US, India and EU - Committees - UK Parliament

#Myanmar at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @standrewsir.bsky.social 12 June

IPLR Hub Launch Event with Judge Dire Tladi and Professor Hélène Ruiz Fabri Based at @uofglasgow.bsky.social , and led by @matinapapadaki.bsky.social and @jamesgdevaney.bsky.social. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iplr-hub-l...

Words. Literature. Ideas. Pleased to be at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social for launch of 2025 @edbookfest.bsky.social

IPLR Hub Launch Event with Judge Dire Tladi and Professor Hélène Ruiz Fabri Based at @uofglasgow.bsky.social , and led by @matinapapadaki.bsky.social and @jamesgdevaney.bsky.social. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iplr-hub-l...

We are pleased to announce @tighistiamare.bsky.social's appointment as @chathamhouse.org Africa Programme Director. With over 15 years' experience at the Institute, Tighisti has played a key role in shaping our programme’s research agenda & external engagement. www.chathamhouse.org/2025/06/new-...

#Myanmar at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @standrewsir.bsky.social 12 June

Polish Scottish Forum to mark the end of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, 14 June Polish Consulate event organised in collaboration with the @scga.bsky.social , the Faculty of Advocates and @citzrights.bsky.social. #eu2025pl www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/polish-sco...

scga.scot/2025/06/03/s... SCGA Engagement Awards

Beyond Borders Scotland University Competition Students from across Scotland are invited to enter.

Polish Scottish Forum to mark the end of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, 14 June Polish Consulate event organised in collaboration with the @scga.bsky.social , the Faculty of Advocates and @citzrights.bsky.social. #eu2025pl www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/polish-sco...

Professor Peter Jackson @pjdelacour.bsky.social of @uofglasgow.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social was on STV's Scotland Tonight last night speaking about Putin, Trump and negotiations with Ukraine. Interview at start of programme. Watch again before 10pm tonight: player.stv.tv/episode/4qpq...

Each year, the SCGA invites proposals for projects that support its core themes, offering funding to initiatives both within Scotland’s universities & beyond. In this piece we look at how they can give young researchers a platform to exchange ideas and explore meaningful teaching & research paths.

#FestivalofEuropeScotland2025 @scga.bsky.social @jde22ix.bsky.social

A fascinating and wide-ranging afternoon with @angusrobertson.bsky.social in the chair and Prof. Eliot Cohen (@csis.org) and Frances Guy (@intdevalliance.bsky.social) on US Foreign Policy and the impact on EU and beyond, and how much more we need to listen to what the rest of the world thinks

We spoke to @angusrobertson.bsky.social after the @scga.bsky.social event at the @festivalofeurope.bsky.social about why events like the festival matter. Here's what he had to say

Still space to come along on Sunday to hear what the new US Foreign Policy means for EU and UK, and what voice the wider world has. @festivalofeurope.bsky.social scga.scot/2025/04/24/b...

This afternoon at Royal Society of Edinburgh, @sahavoice.bsky.social are collaborating with U. London on an Advocacy Day for the Arts & Humanities. At this challenging time, how can they be heard and how can they persuade others their interests matter ? @eassh.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social

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