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
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Rethinking Migration Is a Security Imperative—Just Not How You Might Think
Commentary by Erol Yayboke and Marie McAuliffe — February 23, 2021

Colombia Makes History by Offering Protective Status to Displaced Venezuelans
Critical Questions by Erol Yayboke , Jacob Kurtzer , Hannah Davin , and Molly Naylor-Komyatte — February 19, 2021

Accelerating Economic Growth and Strengthening the Middle Class in Latin America
Commentary by Erol Yayboke — February 8, 2021

Drivers of Recovery: Elevating the Youth, Peace, and Security Agenda
Brief by Erol Yayboke , Janina Staguhn , Elena I. Méndez Leal , and Christopher Metzger — January 13, 2021
Updating the U.S. Playbook on Global Women’s Economic Empowerment
Commentary by Janina Staguhn and Erol Yayboke — December 17, 2020

Experts React: Urban Legends
Commentary by Caitlin Welsh , Erol Yayboke , Jacob Kurtzer , and Judd Devermont — December 8, 2020

A New Framework for U.S. Leadership on Climate Migration
Brief by Erol Yayboke , Janina Staguhn , Trevor Houser , and Tani Salma — October 23, 2020

Peril in the Desert: Irregular Migration through the Sahel
Commentary by Erol Yayboke and Rakan Aboneaaj — October 21, 2020

Ending Violent Conflicts Requires Preventing Them in the First Place
Commentary by Erol Yayboke and Elizabeth Hume — October 1, 2020
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