Erol Yayboke

Senior Fellow (Non-resident), Futures Lab, Defense and Security Department
Erol Yayboke

Erol Yayboke is the chief operating officer at FilterLabs.AI, a company that uses AI to transform hard-to-reach data into insights that drive strategic decisionmaking. Mr. Yayboke previously served as deputy chief of staff to the deputy secretary of defense before he was a senior advisor in the United States Agency for International Development Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance. Prior to civil service, Mr. Yayboke was a senior fellow with the International Security Program and director of the Project on Fragility and Mobility at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). His specific research interests at CSIS included migration and forced displacement, violent conflict and global fragility, conflict-aware stabilization, violent extremism, climate change, civil-military cooperation, and disruptive technologies. Prior to CSIS, Mr. Yayboke served on the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign as well as the Evidence for Policy Design team at the Center for International Development at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Mr. Yayboke has long-term field experience working for organizations in Iraq, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and the Somali Region of Ethiopia, serving in senior management roles. He recently taught a graduate-level course on global fragility and resilience at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and is a member of the board of directors for the Andi Leadership Institute for Young Women. He holds an MPA from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and a BBA in international business, also from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Channeling Augustus: On Agentic Offensive Information Operations

An audio version of “⁠Channeling Augustus: On Agentic Offensive Information Operations⁠,” a new commentary by CSIS’s Erol Yayboke. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Erol Yayboke — September 19, 2025

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Public Safety in Haiti: Now and Tomorrow

In this panel, experts will examine the current state of public safety in Haiti, the capabilities and limitations role of the Haitian National Police (HNP), potential Haitian solutions to the issues, and opportunities for external support. 

Event — June 8, 2023

Forgotten Frontlines: Aruba, Curaçao, and the Venezuelan Displacement Crisis

Aruba and Curaçao are home to the most displaced Venezuelans relative to population size. Recent negotiations on the reopening of borders between the islands and their neighbor are an important opportunity to rethink challenges still facing displaced Venezuelans.

Commentary by Erol Yayboke and Ángeles Zúñiga — May 3, 2023

Conflict Prevention, Climate Change, and Why Ghana Matters Now

Climate change, structural challenges, and security threats are heightening the risk of conflict in Ghana, a stable country amid a region beset by volatility. This CSIS brief analyzes the risks and outlines a comprehensive conflict prevention approach.

Brief by Anastasia Strouboulis, Erol Yayboke, and Abigail Edwards — March 22, 2023

Technology as a Driver of Gender Equality and Peace

As the 67th Commission on the Status of Women meets, the Project on Fragility and Mobility outlines how innovation and technology can be powerful in addressing gender inequalities and should be critical tools within the broader discussion of global fragility.

Commentary by Abigail Edwards, Alexis Day, and Erol Yayboke — March 8, 2023

The Expanding Use of Technology to Manage Migration

Through two case studies of migration, this report analyzes the use of migration management technologies by origin countries, the growing influence of destination countries over their decisionmaking, and the human rights risks associated with these uses.

Report by ​Marti Flacks, Erol Yayboke, Lauren Burke Preputnik, and Anastasia Strouboulis — March 6, 2023

The State of Statelessness in Ukraine

Russia exploits statelessness in Ukraine to aid in the war effort. It offers stateless persons Russian citizenship in return for military service and forcibly deports people, including over 6,000 children, to Russia from parts of Ukraine with high stateless populations.

Critical Questions by Abigail Edwards, Ángeles Zúñiga , and Erol Yayboke — March 1, 2023

Addressing Fragility in Libya Means Protecting Migrant Rights

Migration management and state fragility are intricately related in Libya, and those interested in stabilization should learn from the shortcomings of past efforts. Doing so will require more than just focusing on stopping flows via the securitization of migration.

Commentary by Lauren Burke Preputnik and Erol Yayboke — February 27, 2023