Erol Yayboke

Erol Yayboke is a director of the Project on Fragility and Mobility and senior fellow with the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). His specific research interests include migration and forced displacement, violent conflict and global fragility, conflict-aware stabilization, violent extremism, climate change, civil-military cooperation, and disruptive technologies. Previously, he was a senior fellow and deputy director with the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development. Prior to CSIS, Mr. Yayboke served on the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign as well as the Evidence for Policy Design team at the Center for International Development at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Mr. Yayboke has long-term field experience working for organizations (Global Communities, Save the Children, and AECOM International Development) in Iraq, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and the Somali Region of Ethiopia, serving in various senior management roles.
Mr. Yayboke teaches a graduate level course on global fragility and resilience at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and is a member of the board of directors for the Andi Leadership Institute for Young Women, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit focused on developing the next generation of women peacebuilders. He holds an M.P.A. from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and a B.B.A. in international business, also from the University of Texas at Austin. He is fluent in Turkish and Spanish.
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იაიბოკე: კრემლი უკრაინელ ბავშვებს რუსეთში ფულის სანაცვლოდ აშვილებს
Erol Yayboke in Voice of America — November 15, 2022
14 million Ukrainians have fled Russia since invasion, United Nations says
Erol Yayboke in Yahoo News — November 4, 2022
Climate finance is a catch-22 in fragile states
Erol Yayboke in Devex — November 1, 2022
How bad actors are using tech platforms to sexually exploit, traffic Ukrainian women
Erol Yayboke in The Hill — June 27, 2022
United Nations: 4 million refugees have fled Russia’s 'senseless war'
Erol Yayboke in Yahoo News — March 30, 2022
To Counter COVID Amid Crises, Peacebuilding Steps Are Vital
Erol Yayboke and Katherine E. Bliss in United States Institute of Peace — March 23, 2022
S3 PART I: Escaping Conflict
Erol Yayboke in Apple Podcasts — March 22, 2022
Russian invasion of Ukraine could trigger refugee crisis in Europe
Erol Yayboke in Yahoo! News — February 24, 2022
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Discussion on UNODC's Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2022
Event by Erol Yayboke , Marti Flacks , Ambassador Cindy Dyer , Angela Me , Ilias Chatzis , and Desirée Suo Weymont — February 1, 2023

Rethinking Humanitarian Assistance: Climate and Crisis in the Horn of Africa
Report by Beza Tesfaye , Erol Yayboke , Anastasia Strouboulis , and Abigail Edwards — January 9, 2023

Tracked: Stories at the Intersection of Migration, Technology, and Human Rights
Digital Report by Lauren Burke , Erol Yayboke , Marti Flacks , and Anastasia Strouboulis — December 15, 2022

Update on Forced Displacement around Ukraine
Critical Questions by Erol Yayboke , Anastasia Strouboulis , and Abigail Edwards — October 3, 2022

Why We Fight: A Conversation with Dr. Chris Blattman
Event by Erol Yayboke and Chris Blattman — September 7, 2022

Addressing Fragility in Papua New Guinea
Brief by Erol Yayboke , Bridi Rice , Catherine Nzuki , and Anastasia Strouboulis — August 17, 2022

Panel 4: Humanitarian Innovation in Responses to Displacement
Event by Erol Yayboke — July 19, 2022

Humanitarian Innovation in Action
Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Caitlin Welsh , Mvemba Phezo Dizolele , Erol Yayboke , and Sue Eckert — July 19, 2022

Ukrainian Refugees: Forced Displacement Response Goes Fully Digital
Report by Lauren Burke , Catherine Nzuki , Erol Yayboke , and Anastasia Strouboulis — June 23, 2022

The Role of the IMF in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
Commentary by Erol Yayboke — May 26, 2022
