Kyrgyzstan’s Border Disputes with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan: Historical Roots, Current Tensions, and Regional Implications.

Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous nation in Central Asia, has long grappled with complicated border disputes inherited from the Soviet Union’s arbitrary regional divisions. Following the collapse of the USSR in 1991, newly independent Central Asian states faced the challenge of transforming vague internal administrative lines into international borders. This led to unresolved territorial tensions, especially between Kyrgyzstan and its neighbors—Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and to a lesser extent, Kazakhstan.