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

Photo: Erol Yayboke
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
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
Spotlight on Stabilization and Global Fragility

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Tracked: Stories at the Intersection of Migration, Technology, and Human Rights
Take a deep dive into the different types of technology migrants encounter on their journeys, how governments use migrant data in decision making, and its implications on human rights.
Digital Report by Lauren Burke , Erol Yayboke , Marti Flacks , and Anastasia Strouboulis — December 15, 2022
Addressing Climate Security in Fragile Contexts
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
Latest Events

Promise and Peril: Migration Management Technologies in West Africa and Central America

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
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Public Safety in Haiti: Now and Tomorrow
Event by Erol Yayboke , Ambassador Frederick Barton , Johnny Celestin , Georges A. Fauriol , William O'Neill , Ambassador Susan Page , and Dr. Peterson Thosiac — June 8, 2023
Promise and Peril: Migration Management Technologies in West Africa and Central America
Event by Erol Yayboke , Marti Flacks , William Brownfield , Badara Ndiaye , Amal El Ouassif , Caterina Rodelli , Ángela Alarcón , and Oscar Chacón — February 22, 2023
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
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
Why We Fight: A Conversation with Dr. Chris Blattman
Event by Erol Yayboke and Chris Blattman — September 7, 2022
Humanitarian Innovation in Action
Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Caitlin Welsh , Mvemba Phezo Dizolele , Erol Yayboke , and Sue Eckert — July 19, 2022
Book Event: Jennifer Sciubba's "8 Billion and Counting"
Event by Jennifer D. Sciubba and Erol Yayboke — May 5, 2022
World Migration Report 2022: Deciphering Global Trends and Complexities
Event by Erol Yayboke , Marie McAuliffe , Professor Gibril Faal , and Professor Katharine M. Donato — April 6, 2022
Book Event: MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us
Event by Erol Yayboke and Parag Khanna — February 22, 2022
Going Green While Building Peace: How Can Technology Drive Climate, Conservation, and Peacebuilding Goals?
Event by Erol Yayboke , Sahar Tabaja , Anjali Nayar , Peter Beaumont , and Dr. Alexander Ramsbotham — December 7, 2021