Research Areas
National Security
| Countering the insurgency and adapting Afghan and security forces to pacify the situation is still the most critical challenge Afghanistan faces in the post-Taliban phase of development.Kabul Center designs innovative security solutions to maximize the use of local talent. |
Program Highlights
* Develop policies that facilitate counterinsurgency * Examine causes of national insecurity * Assess geopolitical trends and threats |
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Counterterrorism
| Program Highlights
* Identify and map terrorist groups * Monitor and assess terrorists‟ evolving tactics and strategy * Design ways to enlist tribal Afghans in counterterrorism |
Afghans understand why terrorism is an unacceptable political strategy. They have seenfirsthand the devastation it causes. It will require greater intelligence to get rid of this international scourge.
Afghan experts have not been sufficiently utilized. Their commitment to defeating terrorists has been underappreciated. Afghans know the language, customs, traditions, and beliefs of the people among whom terrorists hide. The international community should make better use of the knowledge and access only Afghans have. |
Conflict Management
| Seven years after the fall of the Taliban, peace and security continue to elude Afghanistan.
Three decades of recent Afghan history have convinced us that domestic conflict management is Afghans must find ways to counter Only by coming together can Afghans create economic |
Program Highlights
* Find ways to come together off the battlefield * Design programs to help strengthen Afghan security force * Apply multidisciplinary conflict analysis |
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Democratic Institution Building
| Afghanistan is a country where most people live in remote areas. To date, no central government has been able to deliver these remote Afghans the benefits of modern statehood. Afghans need to recognize that creating genuinely democratic institutions is not a betrayal of their faith but is the most efficient path to the fair and just society that Muslims are commanded to create. Democracy – the process of choosing the most capable leader and then holding him accountable - |
Program Highlights
* Find ways to build institutions that enhance our culture, tradition, and values * Create programs to encourage grassroots support * Try and find ways to protect the rights of all citizens of Afghanistan |
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Economic Development
| Program Highlights
* Identify investment opportunities * Create economic indexes to enable informed investment * Provide business planning and consulting services * Match investors with companies |
Kabul Center for Strategic Studies provides consultancy and research services to businesses investing in Afghanistan.This is another way the Center helps to build domestic capacity in Afghanistan.
The international community has been helpful and generous in helping Afghans emerge from decades of war and oppression. But Afghans have to fend for themselves in this domain too. Afghans need to be developing the economic opportunities on which their future and that of their children and |
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Countering Extremism
| Afghanistan is under threat from fanatics willing who are confused about what it means to be a good Muslim.
Such misguided individuals plague our nation, exploit our tribal hospitality and our ignorance. These extremists harm Muslims wherever they go. Islam is not the problem. Neither is Islamism, the idea that Islam is a political system as well as a religion. Afghans are uniquely qualified to map and bring to this network of killers to justice. Afghans are tired of the extremists exploiting the nation, recruiting our youth and terrorizing our people. They have brought us nothing but war and they have |
Program Highlights
* Assess threat from extremism * Understand how radicals use the nation * Enable Muslims to fight this fight |
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