Project on Fragility and Mobility
The Project on Fragility and Mobility at CSIS is committed to reinvigorating U.S. leadership in fragile contexts
Using foresight and policy analysis tools, it provides government, non-profit, and private sector leaders with evidence-based recommendations on how to boost community resilience, ensure safe and orderly human mobility patterns, develop stability out of conflict, and broaden national security conversations to include strengthening civilian tools to achieve these goals.
The Project on Fragility and Mobility provides an interdisciplinary and international space for new voices and new ideas to help rethink and reshape how best to (1) build resilience and prevent transnational threats in places around the world experiencing fragility and (2) align U.S. and allied national security interests with international human mobility-related frameworks, guided by the belief that protecting vulnerable people on the move allows us to secure our collective futures. The project is thus organized around several main issue areas.
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Spotlight on Human Mobility

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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

The San Antonio Tragedy Was Sadly Not Uncommon
Commentary by Marie McAuliffe and Céline Bauloz — June 30, 2022

Going Green While Building Peace: Technology, Climate, and Peacebuilding
Commentary by Erol Yayboke , Catherine Nzuki , and Anastasia Strouboulis — March 3, 2022

Ukraine’s Regional Displacement Crisis
Commentary by Erol Yayboke — February 25, 2022
Spotlight on Stabilization and Global Fragility
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Addressing Climate Security in Fragile Contexts
The impact of climate change on peace and security is recognized as a growing challenge for fragile states, but development actors are ambivalent on how to address it. While complexity has limited effective actions, inaction is no longer an option.
Commentary by Beza Tesfaye — February 1, 2022

Pursuing Effective and Conflict-Aware Stabilization: Lessons from beyond the Beltway
Brief by Erol Yayboke , Janina Staguhn , Hijab Shah , and Melissa Dalton — April 30, 2020

Colombia at a Stabilization Crossroads
Brief by Janina Staguhn , Erol Yayboke , and Melissa Dalton — March 5, 2020

Reimagining “Stabilization” in Lebanon
Commentary by Erol Yayboke , Hijab Shah , and Melissa Dalton — December 17, 2019

Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation in Action for Security Sector Assistance
Commentary by Erol Yayboke , MacKenzie Hammond , Hijab Shah , and Melissa Dalton — June 27, 2019
Latest Events

Discussion on UNODC's Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2022

2022 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap

Why We Fight: A Conversation with Dr. Chris Blattman

Humanitarian Innovation in Action
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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

Putting Climate Migration Back on the COP27 Agenda
Commentary by Beza Tesfaye and Elizabeth Ferris — November 10, 2022

2022 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap
Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Kimberly Flowers , Katherine E. Bliss , Jon B. Alterman , Marti Flacks , Mvemba Phezo Dizolele , Beza Tesfaye , Natasha Hall , and Hadeil Ali — November 9, 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

Setting the Right Conditions for Aid to Afghanistan—and Other Nations as Well
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — August 15, 2022

Panel 4: Humanitarian Innovation in Responses to Displacement
Transcript — July 26, 2022
