Independent Analytical Research Center "Kabutar"

Introduction

"Kabutar" (Dove)  Analytical Research Center is a private research center, which was founded by Muzaffardjon R. Khudoikulov, in 2003. The Center, shortly named as "Kabutar", has an inter-disciplinary approach in all fields of social sciences. "Kabutar" aims to follow social, political and economic developments that occur in regional or global scale and to search for solutions to possible problems by promoting researches and analysis.

Rapid and extraordinary developments in technology cause significant change and transformations in many areas of interest to society. Dazzling change in science, technology, politics, security, sociology and culture make it difficult to anticipate connections between events and their consequences.

The enormous speed of the transformation process, the multidimensionality of events, and the increasing dependency between states enhances the effects of globalization. Likewise, economic or political crisis in any part of the world affect other region.

While ethnic conflicts and divisions within states are occurring in some regions of the world, other states have developed relationships related to common economic, political and security goals.

Underlying many problems faced by Tajikistan and the surrounding region are a basic lack of political, economic and socio-cultural strategy, vision and planning, as well as the use of outdated information.

Perceptions of traditional threats to national security as well as "soft" security issues such as international terrorism, international migration, drug and human trafficking and environmental degradation are all included within the framework of international security.

Some analysts have posited scenarios highlighting possibility of conflicts and even wars between cultures and religions. It has been alleged that states, located at cultural intersections in different parts of the world will bear the heaviest costs of these conflicts.

However, strategic research and studies of the region that includes Tajikistan are generally conducted by research centers far from the region, calling into question the adequacy, credibility and cost-efficiency of those studies.

Most strategic research centers have resources ranging from financial support to the ability to engage distinguished academics and researchers to conduct literature reviews and field research. There is an urgent need for such organizations in our region. Studies by existing associations and foundations are inadequate and unable to conduct the realistic, dynamic research that will provide different points of view. Thus, Tajikistan’s Independent Analytical Research Center "Kabutar" has been founded to fill the strategic research gap.

 Goals

a. To initiate and provide decision-makers with realistic, dynamic, creative and effective solutions and decision options through scientific research, studies, analysis and evaluations related to Tajikistan and the surrounding region’s historical, cultural, political, economic, legal, sociological and geopolitical structure; it’s bilateral, regional, and multilateral international relations; and it’s political, economic, and socio-cultural issues.

b. To track global political, economic, technological, socio-cultural and security-related issues, trends and developments in Tajikistan’s region by collaborating with other strategic research institutions at national and international levels.

c. To conduct political, economic and socio-cultural research and analysis that will contribute to the establishment of perpetual peace in Balkans, the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia. 

d. To plan and carry out activities that will facilitate human rights, tolerance and cultural reconciliation.

e. To conduct research aimed at determining and pursuing the goals and economic, social and cultural policies necessary for sustainable development and progress by determining Tajikistan’s natural, human and economic resources and means, and to provide public and private institutions with information on those topics upon request.   

f. To contribute to development programs and projects aimed at reducing the development gap between regions, to determine the policies and measures that will facilitate the rapid development in the Priority Region for Development and to make proposals for research studies accordingly.

g. To pursue joint studies with international research institutions aimed at developing political proposals and strategies for future.

h. To organize educational seminars with international strategic research institutions.

i. To open "Kabutar" offices and bureaus abroad.