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: JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images

Evaluating Mozambique’s Security, Humanitarian, and Funding Landscape

The United States and international community needs to reevaluate funding and response models to mitigate Mozambique’s devolving security landscape, weakened humanitarian coordination, and low levels of trust between actors.

Commentary by Nicolas Jude Larnerd and Emilia Columbo — August 8, 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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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 — 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

Book Event: Jennifer Sciubba's "8 Billion and Counting"

In this conversation with Erol Yayboke, Dr. Sciubba will discuss how demographic trends, like age structure and ethnic composition, signal crucial signposts for future violence and peace, repression and democracy, poverty and prosperity.

Event — May 5, 2022

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

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

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