Pursue Prevent Protect Prepare The United Kingdom’s Strategy for Countering International Terrorism

Terrorism Violent Extremism

Since 2003, we have had a comprehensive strategy in place to counter the threat to this country and to our interests overseas from international terrorism. The strategy is known as CONTEST. The aim of the strategy is ‘to reduce the risk to the UK and its interests overseas from international terrorism, so that people can go about their lives freely and with confidence’.