Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 05/2010

Kyrgyzstan: A Hollow Regime Collapses

April 2010

International Crisis Group

Abstract

The collapse of the Kyrgyz regime is a case study of the risks facing authoritarianism in Central Asia. What happened in Kyrgyzstan could happen in most of its neighbouring countries. And the consequences could indeed be much worse.