Kyrgyzstan - Regime Security and Foreign Policy

Name: Kyrgyzstan - Regime Security and Foreign Policy
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Kyrgyzstan - Regime Security and Foreign PolicyAuthor(s): Kemel Toktomushev\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138691964, 978-1138691964\nSynopsis\nKyrgyzstan is an interesting example of a relatively weak state, which for its brief period of independence has already ousted two presidents, experienced two revolutions, survived two interethnic conflicts and yet remained intact. This book explores this apparent paradox and argues that the schism between domestic and international dimensions of state and regime security is key to understanding the nature of Kyrgyz politics. The book shows how the foreign policy links to the Manas Air Base, used by the US military and essential for supplying their forces in Afghanistan, the economic arrangements necessary for sustaining the base, both inside and outside Kyrgyzstan, and the myriad of different actors involved in all this, combined to overshadow points of friction to ens.