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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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

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Spotlight on Stabilization and Global Fragility

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Photo: Inti Ocon/AFP/Getty Images

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

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Panel 4: Humanitarian Innovation in Responses to Displacement

This conference explores the complex challenges facing the global humanitarian community and the way in which innovations—in people, processes, and products—can improve humanitarian response and mitigate the impacts of future crises.

Transcript — July 26, 2022

Humanitarian Innovation in Action

This conference explores the complex challenges facing the global humanitarian community and the way in which innovations—in people, processes, and products—can improve humanitarian response and mitigate the impacts of future crises.

Transcript — July 25, 2022

Panel 2: Elevating Women’s Leadership in Humanitarian Response

This conference explores the complex challenges facing the global humanitarian community and the way in which innovations—in people, processes, and products—can improve humanitarian response and mitigate the impacts of future crises.

Transcript — July 25, 2022

Humanitarian Innovation in Action

This conference explores the complex challenges facing the global humanitarian community and the way in which innovations—in people, processes, and products—can improve humanitarian response and mitigate the impacts of future crises.  

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

Humanitarian Innovation in Action: Keynote and Closing Remarks

This conference explores the complex challenges facing the global humanitarian community and the way in which innovations—in people, processes, and products—can improve humanitarian response and mitigate the impacts of future crises.

Transcript — July 19, 2022

The San Antonio Tragedy Was Sadly Not Uncommon

With human trafficking risks rising around the world, it is important to seek innovative solutions through collaborative partnerships between states, UN agencies, and the private sector.

Commentary by Marie McAuliffe and Céline Bauloz — June 30, 2022

Ukrainian Refugees: Forced Displacement Response Goes Fully Digital

Digital tools are being used at historic levels for refugee assistance and protection services to Ukrainian refugees. What are the benefits and risks of deploying digital technologies at each stage of a refugee’s journey?

Report by Lauren Burke , Catherine Nzuki , Erol Yayboke , and Anastasia Strouboulis — June 23, 2022