Kyrgyzstan

  • May 24, 2021
  • 7 min read

No clear endgame for Kyrgyz war with gold miner

Centerra Gold is preparing legal action after the government took its local mining subsidiary under emergency management

Kyrgyzstan
  • May 14, 2021
  • 7 min read

Kyrgyz-Tajik border conflict resolution may not work

A bout of unusually fierce fighting has brought a new commitment to resolving disputes, but only with top-down solutions

Central Asia
  • Mar 3, 2021
  • 7 min read

Central Asia's vaccination campaigns will be patchy

Governments are focusing on Russia's Sputnik V vaccine as it is available, reliable and politically uncomplicated

Central Asia
  • Jan 14, 2021
  • 7 min read

Kyrgyz election brings new populism but no stability

Sadyr Japarov has gone from prison inmate to elected president in three months, with more powers than his predecessor

Kyrgyzstan
  • Dec 24, 2020
  • 7 min read

Twin Kyrgyz votes will bring less, not more democracy

A carefully crafted system of checks and balances is about to be dismantled in an ostensibly open election

Kyrgyzstan
  • Oct 21, 2020
  • 7 min read

Kyrgyz elite pushed aside by nationalist adversaries

A little-known figure has become prime minister and acting president with the backing of out-of-favour nationalists

Kyrgyzstan
  • Oct 8, 2020
  • 7 min read

Kyrgyzstan teeters on the brink of a third revolution

Ten years after the last revolution, Kyrgyzstan is again in crisis as powerful players battle for a share of power

Kyrgyzstan
  • Aug 17, 2020
  • 7 min read

Kyrgyz election will be contest for assets, not ideas

Two months before elections, no one knows who will win, but 'competition' is really a realignment of familiar forces

Kyrgyzstan