You don’t read much about Kyrgyzstan in the international press, but it’s a fascinating part of a fascinating region. A predominantly Muslim former Soviet state of 6 million that borders China along its eastern border, it contends with competing currents created by Russia, China, the United States, and the Muslim world. And it’s a genuine democracy in a part of the world that doesn’t have many.
Time: Kyrgyzstan President on democracy, Islam, and being friends with Putin
Almazbek Atambaev, President, Kyrgyz Republic looks on as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 20.
