“The nature of conflict has changed.” What was once thought of as “peacekeeping” has grown increasingly complex, requiring a combination of humanitarian, security, and development support for states to navigate and recover. Over the past two decades, governments and international donors have increased the assistance they provide to states affected by conflict.

Where the situation is fragile, some require technical support, such as Sudan, Pakistan, and Palestine. Others call for large-scale civilian operations, such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Complex tasks include building (or rebuilding) sustainable institutions of governance, human rights monitoring, security sector reform, reintegrating former combatants, improving economic stability, and more.

But the same is true in all cases: very little is predictable and very little is solid.

For Palladium, the key is adapting to new information, with real-time assessments that inform and reshape programs on an ongoing basis. Rather than setting plans in stone according to rigidly defined outcomes, our approaches are evolutionary, guided only by the desired end-state.

Palladium delivers stabilization services worldwide through the United Kingdom’s Humanitarian and Stabilisation Operations Team, and has served as the preferred supplier of emergency response and logistics for the Australian Government since 1987. Palladium is also an implementing partner of the United States’ Office of Transition Initiatives, stabilizing countries undergoing transition or emerging from crisis.