Aigerim Turgunbaeva

Illustration by Dinmukhamed Kairulla. Kyrgyzstan stages the SCO summit and the World Nomad Games in the same week that it manages a fuel crisis partly of its own making — the first real test of the system that emerged after the Japarov–Tashiev tandem broke apart. Over the week beginning 31 […]

In 2025, Kyrgyzstan’s licensed cryptocurrency market generated more than $30 billion in turnover — over twice the country’s GDP. At the same time, the government began issuing its own sovereign stablecoins: the gold-backed USDKG and the som-pegged KGST. This paradox — a small Central Asian economy whose crypto activity vastly

The dismissal of Kyrgyzstan’s security chief dismantles the power-sharing arrangement that defined the post-2020 order. What replaces it may prove less resilient than what came before. On February 10, 2026, President Sadyr Japarov dismissed Kamchybek Tashiev from his dual posts as chairman of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB)

Why the Elections Came Early On November 30, 2025, Kyrgyzstan held snap parliamentary elections nearly a year ahead of schedule, following the September self-dissolution of the Supreme Council, also known as the Jogorku Kenesh. Officially, the move aimed to avoid overlapping with the 2027 presidential election, align the political calendar

On September 3, 2025, a grand military parade was held at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan in World War II. Designed to highlight China’s growing military strength, the event was attended by leaders from around two dozen countries, including the presidents of

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the summit brought together leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and senior EU officials, including the presidents of the European Council and European Commission. The landmark event marked a new phase in EU-Central Asian relations, with energy cooperation at its core. For Central Asian societies, the summit