Services.

Strategic Stabilization Advisors (SSA) equips partners operating in the world’s most complex and fragile environments with the insight, strategies, and networks they need to succeed. Whether supporting multinational companies or development institutions investing in and operating in frontier markets or defense actors advancing stabilization objectives, SSA delivers solutions that are grounded in field access, trusted relationships, and conflict expertise.

Risk Advisory, Research and Advisory Services

SSA equips partners with the intelligence needed to anticipate instability before it becomes disruption. From political risk assessments and community perception studies to supply-chain vulnerability mapping, our insights help companies safeguard assets, protect their workforce, and plan resilient operations in high-risk environments.

Our conflict and threat analysis goes deeper than surface-level reporting. Leveraging extensive local networks and technical expertise, we deliver field-grounded intelligence that informs strategic planning, force protection, and counter-extremism efforts. Whether for private operators navigating frontier markets or public-sector partners addressing fragile states and borderlands, SSA provides the clarity to act with confidence in complex environments.

Civilian Planning & Stabilization Programming

SSA designs, leads and implements stabilization and community-engagement strategies that reduce tensions, strengthen social license to operate, and align investments with host-government and donor priorities. For both security partners and commercial operators in frontier markets, our approach helps mitigate grievances that might otherwise be directed at their presence and activities in unstable areas. 

With deep expertise in civil-military coordination, DDR (Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration), SSR (Security Sector Reform), and P/CVE (Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism), SSA’s team leads programs that are multi-sectoral, locally grounded, and context-driven. Our solutions help militaries, governments, and private partners operationalize population-centric approaches, by enhancing legitimacy, building resilience, and laying the foundation for long-term stability.

Brokerage

Operating in frontier markets requires more than expertise: it requires trusted access. SSA’s team leverages deep networks across governments, security actors, local communities, and international partners to broker the relationships that matter. We help clients navigate bureaucratic landscapes, unlock permits and partnerships, and position themselves as credible, responsible actors in complex environments.

Select Projects

  • This long-form research study, conducted in collaboration with Mr. Andrew Lebovich from the Clingendael Institute, for the UK’s CSSF MEL project in partnership with First Call Partners, thoroughly examined the complex dynamics surrounding the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara region.

    Read the report here.

  • This long-form research study comprehensively examined emergent trends and significant threats to Ivorian stability in light of the onset of terrorist activity in Cote d’Ivoire’s north following the 2020 and 2021 attacks. The extensive study was commissioned by First Call Partners and Tetra Tech on behalf of the UK’s Conflict Stabilization and Security Fund.

    Read the report here.

  • Funded by the U.S. Special Operations Command - Africa (SOCAF)’s Women Peace and Security Division, this comprehensive assessment thoroughly reviewed the significant role that women play within Benin’s Armed Forces. Additionally, it mapped out potential pathways for the development of dedicated female engagement teams.

  • Supported by Spirit of America, SSA is working hand in hand with U.S. Special Operations Forces and the Beninese Armed Forces to operationalize civil-military committees (CMCs) in support of Benin’s counterterrorism mission. This collaboration reinforces U.S. efforts to foster local resilience and secure vulnerable areas.

    In parallel, with funding from the German- and Dutch-supported Coastal States Stability Mechanism (CSSM), SSA is leading a communication initiative designed to lay the groundwork for a sustainable civil-military messaging strategy around the CMCs—strengthening trust between communities and security actors in the long term.

Stronger Engagement. Smarter Solutions.

Trusted support in fragile environments.