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

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Spotlight on Stabilization and Global Fragility

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Photo: Sean Sheridan/Mercy Corps

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

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The Global Fragility Strategy Gets a Refresh

The Biden administration recently released a prologue to the 2020 Global Fragility Strategy. The document announces priority countries and outlines guiding principles as the implementation phase of the landmark 2019 Global Fragility Act begins.

Critical Questions by Erol Yayboke , Catherine Nzuki , and Anastasia Strouboulis — April 4, 2022

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Global Security Forum 2021

A new major CSIS International Security Program report explores whether and how domestic political, geographic, racial, socioeconomic, and other divisions impact U.S. national security and engagements abroad and identifies opportunities for cooperation.

Report by Erol Yayboke , Emily Harding , Catherine Nzuki , and Sierra Ballard — March 7, 2022

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The Truth of the Matter

Humanitarian Crisis

CSIS’s Marti Flacks and Erol Yayboke join the podcast to discuss the refugee and humanitarian crisis in wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz , ​Marti Flacks , and Erol Yayboke — March 3, 2022

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Going Green While Building Peace: Technology, Climate, and Peacebuilding

There is a complex, cyclical, and mutually destructive relationship between climate change and violent conflict. Emerging technologies should be analyzed and deployed in a conflict-sensitive way to help break the cycle.

Commentary by Erol Yayboke , Catherine Nzuki , and Anastasia Strouboulis — March 3, 2022

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Ukraine’s Regional Displacement Crisis

As many as 1.5 million people were displaced in Ukraine before the start of the Russian invasion. About 100,000 people are already moving within Ukraine due to the invasion, and this number is expected to rise significantly.

Commentary by Erol Yayboke — February 25, 2022

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Book Event: MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us

Please join Erol Yayboke on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, for a conversation with Parag Khanna on his new book MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us.​

Event by Erol Yayboke and Parag Khanna — February 22, 2022

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The Civilian Impacts of a Possible Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Concerns are growing over the impact a Russian invasion could have on civilians in Ukraine. The humanitarian picture is alarming, and an invasion could precipitate a crisis, the severity of which would depend on the location, length, and lethality of military operations.

Critical Questions by Jacob Kurtzer , Catherine Nzuki , Erol Yayboke , and Andrew Lohsen — February 2, 2022

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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

Photo: Sean Sheridan/Mercy Corps