Abigail Edwards

Research Assistant, Project on Fragility and Mobility
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Abigail Edwards is a research assistant with the Project on Fragility and Mobility at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Her interests lie at the intersection of atrocity prevention, post-conflict development and security policy, and human rights. Outside of CSIS, Abby is a second-year master of arts in international relations (MAIR) candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where she studies international relations with a focus on international development, climate, and sustainability and Southeast Asia. She holds a BA in human rights from Columbia University and a BA in politics and government from Sciences Po Paris. She is proficient in French, Bahasa Indonesia, and Spanish.

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Conflict Prevention, Climate Change, and Why Ghana Matters Now

Climate change, structural challenges, and security threats are heightening the risk of conflict in Ghana, a stable country amid a region beset by volatility. This CSIS brief analyzes the risks and outlines a comprehensive conflict prevention approach.

Brief by Anastasia Strouboulis , Erol Yayboke , and Abigail Edwards — March 22, 2023

Technology as a Driver of Gender Equality and Peace

As the 67th Commission on the Status of Women meets, the Project on Fragility and Mobility outlines how innovation and technology can be powerful in addressing gender inequalities and should be critical tools within the broader discussion of global fragility.

Commentary by Abigail Edwards , Alexis Day , and Erol Yayboke — March 8, 2023

The State of Statelessness in Ukraine

Russia exploits statelessness in Ukraine to aid in the war effort. It offers stateless persons Russian citizenship in return for military service and forcibly deports people, including over 6,000 children, to Russia from parts of Ukraine with high stateless populations.

Critical Questions by Abigail Edwards , Ángeles Zúñiga , and Erol Yayboke — March 1, 2023

Rethinking Humanitarian Assistance: Climate and Crisis in the Horn of Africa

Humanitarian actors face unprecedented scale and frequency of climate shocks, making existing challenges harder to address. A new CSIS report analyzes the current crisis in the Horn of Africa and presents ideas on rethinking humanitarian assistance to chronic crises.

Report by Beza Tesfaye , Erol Yayboke , Anastasia Strouboulis , and Abigail Edwards — January 9, 2023

Update on Forced Displacement around Ukraine

There are over 7.5 million Ukrainian refugees and nearly as many internally displaced persons. Some Ukrainians have been forcibly transferred to Russia and, after Putin’s mobilization, a new group of forcibly displaced people has been created, this time from Russia itself.

Critical Questions by Erol Yayboke , Anastasia Strouboulis , and Abigail Edwards — October 3, 2022