Publication

The Building Stability Overseas Strategy (BSOS) is the UK Government's first cross-departmental policy framework for preventing violent conflict overseas. This policy brief argues that the initiative builds on the best available evidence for what works in preventing and reducing violence and addressing fragility. Further implementation will require that upstream conflict prevention is increasingly understood and integrated, and that a gender perspective is mainstreamed across the UK's work on conflict prevention. The brief argues that political effort is needed to ensure that the BSOS vision for building a more stable environment for all is consistently adhered to throughout the UK's engagements overseas.