Kyrgyzstan—a tiny landlocked nation between China and Uzbekistan—burst onto the world stage Wednesday, as civil unrest toppled the president. Kumar Bekbolotov reports from Bishkek on the roots of the uprising—and how the West can help.
Kumar Bekbolotov has served as executive director of Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan, part of the Open Society foundations, since 2008. Previously he was at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, as Central Asia program director, Kyrgyzstan country director, and executive editor of a Central Asia news agency project.