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Today, the UK Government is publishing its Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). In this article, Saferworld’s Larry Attree argues that a key test of the policy will be the extent to which it balances immediate threats with a coherent strategy for preventing conflict in the long term.
23 November 2015
With a history of inter-ethnic tension, land conflict and election-related violence, Kenya’s recent adoption of its long-awaited peace policy is a welcome step towards better coordinated efforts at building peace, argues Maria Osula.
4 November 2015
Saferworld endorses the joint press release this week by the International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGO) Forum in Yemen on the critical humanitarian situation in Taiz
30 October 2015
In an article written for The Washington Post, Peter Salisbury discusses Yemen's peace talks and argues that a negotiated political settlement is the only way for the country to see an end to its conflict.
27 October 2015
Continuing UK support to the Saudi-led bombing and de-facto blockade of Yemen is helping to contribute to what is the most severe global humanitarian crisis in the world today.
4 August 2015
Conflict and instability are central drivers of migration, so effective conflict prevention and peacebuilding policies – not isolationist and anti-immigration responses – are key to addressing the current migrant crisis in Europe, says Saferworld’s Brie O’Keefe.
1 May 2015
As the General Election nears, Saferworld hopes the new UK Government will maintain a firm commitment to conflict prevention and peace through its foreign and domestic policies, at a time of deep global instability. In this comment piece, Saferworld analyses the Conservative, Green, Labour, Liberal Democrat and UK Independence parties’ manifestos, assessing what they would do to improve the lives of those affected by conflict.
21 April 2015
Saferworld statement on the current conflict in Yemen.
17 April 2015
Security threats defined as stemming from ‘terrorism’ or ‘rogue regimes’ have significant public profile, and have led to responses from different branches of government.
27 January 2015
Most of the public conversation about terrorism has focused on conventional counter-terror efforts, which overlap with and influence stabilisation and statebuilding efforts.
27 January 2015