There is a lament about politics in Kyrgyzstan: Every five to 10 years, the country tires of its increasingly repressive president and throws him out. From 2005 to 2020, this held true. But 2025 has come and gone with no revolution, as candidates loyal to President Sadyr Japarov won a dominant majority in last November’s elections. As the nation of 7.4 million people has wavered between periods of mounting autocracy and flashes of revolution, many Western advocates and policymakers hoped that