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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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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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 Preputnik, Erol Yayboke, ​Marti Flacks, and Anastasia Strouboulis — December 15, 2022

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Drivers of Recovery: Elevating the Youth, Peace, and Security Agenda

This brief examines the challenges youth face during the Covid-19 pandemic in fragile contexts, provides examples of youth-led recovery efforts, and identifies opportunities for the Biden administration to reinvigorate U.S. leadership on youth, peace, and security issues.

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

Covid-19 has exacerbated the disparities that women face. However, in a time of increased focus on women’s issues globally, the Biden administration has an opportunity to build back better and make genuine progress on women’s economic empowerment and other issues.

Commentary by Janina Staguhn and Erol Yayboke — December 17, 2020

Experts React: Urban Legends

The most pressing foreign policy challenges will likely unfold in rapidly urbanizing landscapes. By 2050, over two-thirds of the world population will live in urban areas, presenting challenges and opportunities for political, security, and development stakeholders.

Commentary by Caitlin Welsh, Erol Yayboke, Jacob Kurtzer, and Judd Devermont — December 8, 2020

A New Framework for U.S. Leadership on Climate Migration

As the impact of climate change on displacement and migration continues to grow, the U.S. must define a new framework for leadership, taking action to slow the effects of climate change, reform its own immigration policies, and lead multilateral efforts.

Brief by Erol Yayboke, Janina Staguhn , Trevor Houser, and Tani Salma — October 23, 2020

Peril in the Desert: Irregular Migration through the Sahel

Recent efforts to address irregular migration through the Sahel have changed flows, not stopped them. As a result, migrants are at greater risk while the networks of illicit actors that move them grow stronger. A better approach that goes beyond hard security is needed.

Commentary by Erol Yayboke and Rakan Aboneaaj — October 21, 2020

Ending Violent Conflicts Requires Preventing Them in the First Place

A recent bipartisan law represents a meaningful opportunity to shift U.S. policy towards greater prevention efforts that could ultimately end endless wars. It will be up to whomever wins the presidential election to fully execute this shift.

Commentary by Erol Yayboke and Elizabeth Hume — October 1, 2020

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