{"id":22138,"date":"2026-03-13T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/?p=22138"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:18:58","slug":"bisa-bfpg-undergraduate-network-launch-scotlands-role-in-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/2026\/03\/bisa-bfpg-undergraduate-network-launch-scotlands-role-in-foreign-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"BISA\/BFPG Undergraduate Network Launch: Scotland\u2019s role in foreign policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BFPG were proud to help launch the BISA\/BFPG Undergraduate Network, connecting undergraduates across the UK with a shared interest in foreign policy and international relations.<\/p>\n<p>The launch event on Scotland&#8217;s role in foreign policy hosted at the University of Edinburgh, was a fantastic evening. Scotland has long played a distinctive and influential role on the international stage, shaped by its history, values, and global connections. The event explored how Scotland contributes to foreign policy today &#8211; from diplomacy and trade to climate leadership and cultural influence &#8211; and consider what its future role in an evolving world might look like.<\/p>\n<p>Our Director, Evie Aspinall, spoke on public opinion on foreign policy in Scotland, sparking some great conversation and debate.<\/p>\n<p>Other speakers included:<\/p>\n<p>Adam Al-kateb (MSP Candidate for the Scottish Green Party)<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Salamone (Managing Director of European Merchants)<\/p>\n<p>Beccie White (BISA-BFPG Undergraduate Network Chair)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can sign up to the network, or find out more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisa.ac.uk\/members\/ugn\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BFPG launched the new BISA\/BFPG Undergraduate Network, connecting undergraduates across the UK with a shared interest in foreign policy and international relations and providing them with an opportunity to engage in key foreign policy debates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":22141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,173,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-past-event","category-upcoming-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfpg.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}