Defence Policy of Kyrgyzstan

The article considers basic provisions of the National Security Concept and Military Doctrine of the Kyrgyz Republic, analyses the political circumstances remarkable for their influence on the contents of such provisions, and also considers the system of public authorities responsible for the introduction of the fundamental documents. The author concludes that the defense policy of the Kyrgyz Republic was developed against the background of permanent internal political and economic instability, which was aggravated by Afghan factor and, in recent years, by the threat of a full-scale war with Tajikistan over disputed border territories. Under those circumstances, the main idea of Kyrgyzstan defense policy was to continue peace building while strengthening the defense capabilities of the Republic, which are primarily needed to repulse the acts of possible aggression by various terrorist organizations, groups of religious extremists, and drug cartels. That’s exactly the kind of the message reflected in the National Security Concept and Military Doctrine of the Kyrgyz Republic. The article places special emphasis on the importance of the military-industrial complex of the Kyrgyz Republic, assesses its potential and relevance to the main objectives of national defense, as well as the impact on its modernization of military and technical cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Russia, Turkey, the People’s Republic of China.