Kyrgyzstan is referred to as a faltering state, meaning that it is not quite failing.
The International Crisis Group describes a government there that "lurches from crisis to crisis in the face of worsening political violence, prison revolts, serious property disputes and popular disillusion."
The ICG warns that allowing democracy to fail in Kyrgyzstan could reinforce perceptions among regional governments that "the path to stability lies not in democracy but in dictatorship."