This article analyzes how "prevention" is conceptualized within the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. Through a close reading of WPS resolutions, the author identifies three logics shaping this concept: a logic of peace, a logic of militarism, and a logic of security. Shepherd argues that although prevention is framed as an alternative to security, in practice it frequently collapses back into security-oriented and militarized approaches, creating a paradox. The article highlights the implications of this dynamic for implementing the WPS agenda and points to possibilities for reconceptualizing prevention through queer, feminist, decolonial, and posthuman perspectives.
2020