Dr. Gavrilis works on a number of policy issues:

Election observation (served as observer for 2010 Afghan Parliamentary elections)
Border management assistance to post-conflict states
International counternarcotics initiatives
Stabilization of failed states and intervention
Assistance to Afghanistan and Central Asia

POLICY BRIEFS & OP-EDS

“Central Asia's Border Woes and the Impact of International Assistance,” Open Society Foundations, Central Eurasia Project, No. 6 (May 2012)

“The International Community's Elusive Search for Common Ground in Central Asia,” PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo 137, Moscow (March 2011)

“Keep the Focus on Pakistan,” Room for Debate, New York Times (October 2010)

“The Good and Bad News about Afghan Opium,” Expert Brief, Council on Foreign Relations, CFR.org (Feb 2010)

“The European Union and Border Management Assistance in Central Asia,” Policy Brief, European Union—Central Asia Monitoring Project (November 2009)

“Harnessing Iran’s Role in Afghanistan,” Expert Brief, Council on Foreign Relations, CFR.org (June 2009)

“Border Management,” in Synergies vs. Spheres of Influence in the Pan-European Space, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium (April 2009)