International experts are holding a series of lectures on the implications independence could have on Scottish security.
Experts from Slovakia, Hungary and the US will join Scottish scholars at Glasgow University over the next seven months to discuss the topic of security and independence.
Each lecture will discuss an issue connected to national security, including economics, defence, transatlantic relations, terrorism and cyber security, environment and resource security.
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Professor Ivo Samson, of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, will offer a lesson to Scotland from a recently independent European state.
Ambassador David Scheffer, professor of law at Northwestern University in Illinois, will examine the international legal issues that could arise.
Professor William Walker from St Andrews University and Professor John Kay from the London School of Economics will also give lectures on international issues and economics.
The lectures are organised by the Glasgow Global Security Network at Glasgow University.
The university's Dr Phillips O'Brien said: "If Scotland were to become an independent country, it would have profound implications in many international areas. The purpose of this lecture series is to allow some of the finest scholars working today to examine what Scottish independence would mean for the rest of the world."
An SNP spokesman said: "We welcome this international focus on an independent Scotland and the interest shown by such eminent experts."
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