What is SCUSA?

    The Student Conference on US Affairs (SCUSA) is a four day conference that brings together hundreds of students and dozens of scholars and policy experts from the United States and abroad.  It is the largest conference of its kind, and is now in its 59th year.  Delegates to the conference participate in round tables that examine a full range of foreign policy issues and problems that are of concern to the United States.  After thoughtful debate, the delegates craft a brief paper that contains proposals for U.S. foreign policy.  Each of the 16 roundtables is guided by two senior co-chairs who are experts in the regional or functional areas under discussion.

   

 

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This year's roundtable topics (9 regional, 9 thematic):

Click hyperlink for that table's (pre-conference) topic paper: 

 

Central and Eastern Europe	Western Europe	Latin America and the Caribbean
Russia and Central Asia	China, Japan and Korea	South and Southeast Asia and Oceania
Sub-Saharan Africa	Middle East Gulf States	The Middle East, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa
Homeland Security	State-building and Democratization	Domestic Sources of Influence on Foreign Policy
Global Social Concerns (Pandemic disease, poverty, migration, AIDS, etc)	Globalization (Economics & Trade Issues)	Proliferation of Weapons and Materials
The Challenges of Terrorism	The Challenges of Insurgency	The Role of Non-State Actors (IGOs, NGOs, the media, etc)