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Foreign Policy Roundup #20: June 9- 22, 2014

Posted on June 22, 2014 by miliate

By Brandon Miliate A big couple of weeks in Mongolian foreign affairs with the first “Ulaanbaatar Dialogues” held to discuss security issues in East Asia, the President of Latvia making an official visit, and Mongolia’s participation in the ILO and … Continue reading →

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Will Events in Ukraine Trickle East to Mongolia?

Posted on June 3, 2014 by miliate

As President Obama declares that the US is preparing to boost its military presence in Europe to the tune of $1 billion, and NATO and the EU move quickly to deepen relations with Georgia and Moldova it is easy to … Continue reading →

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Foreign Policy Implications of Mongolian Crony Democracy

Posted on April 21, 2014 by mendee

Though considered a healthy—albeit developing—democracy, Mongolia has in recent years become dominated by the competing interests of its political and business factions, whose collective actions undermine the country’s democratization trends as well as complicate Ulaanbaatar’s foreign policy. For now, Mongolia … Continue reading →

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Mongolia-Australia Mining Partnership

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Julian Dierkes

During FM Lu Bold’s visit to Australia, there has now been an announcement of a grand “Mining Partnership” between Mongolia and Australia to the tune of A$20m over 5 years. From Julie Bishop, Australian Foreign Minister’s website: Mongolian Foreign Minister … Continue reading →

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Foreign Policy, Mining & Development

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Julian Dierkes

I happened to catch a segment of CBC’s “The 180” radio show that included an interview with Erin O’Toole, the Canadian Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade. The segment focused on the “marriage” of foreign policy, development aid, and … Continue reading →

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The Political Theatre of a State Visit to Mongolia

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Julian Dierkes

October 25 was the first day of a two-day State Visit by Canadian Governor General David Johnston to Mongolia. Ahead of the visit, I offered some background. For me, this was the first state visit by anyone anywhere that I … Continue reading →

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Results of Canadian State Visit to Mongolia

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Julian Dierkes

Obviously, state visits have symbolic purposes and motivations, but they are also the occasion for announcements in a bilateral relationship. I tried to guess at what the intentions for the state visit to Mongolia by Governor General David Johnston were … Continue reading →

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Mongolian Defense Diplomacy

Posted on October 9, 2013 by mendee

Over the last few months, Mongolia has hosted or taken part in several multi-national military exercises with the aim to develop the Mongolian army’s peacekeeping abilities, as well as a way to leverage military-to-military ties as a tool of diplomacy. … Continue reading →

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Foreign Policy Roundup #6: Sept. 2-15, 2013

Posted on September 15, 2013 by miliate

Missed something in Mongolian foreign policy news over the past two weeks or just need to review the headlines? Below you will find brief summaries of news in foreign affairs, translated from Mongolian-language news sources, and organized by region. … Continue reading →

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Foreign Policy Roundup #5: August 18-September 1

Posted on September 1, 2013 by miliate

[The last two weeks of foreign affairs news from Mongolia. Most articles directly translated from Mongolian news sources.] Asia Mongolia’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Ts. Sukhbaatar, presented his credentials to President Asif Ali Zardari. Among other things, they discussed Mongolian-Pakistani … Continue reading →

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Foreign Policy Roundup #4: July 28-August 4, 2013

Posted on August 11, 2013 by miliate

The Foreign Policy Roundup returns, after a 2 month hiatus! As a reminder, in these bi-weekly posts I provide a brief summary of Mongolia’s international affairs developments over the past two weeks. (Most of the stories are from Mongolian-language sources, … Continue reading →

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Presidential Q&A

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Julian Dierkes

The general view in Ulaanbaatar was that Bat-Erdene was trailing Elbegdorj significantly in voter support in some part because of his lack of political experience, and profile and the fact that he doesn’t “look presidential”. This latter judgement is not … Continue reading →

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Foreign Policy Roundup #3: June 9-22, 2013

Posted on June 22, 2013 by miliate

Below you will find the 3rd posting of our bi-weekly series, entitled “Foreign Policy Roundup”. In each roundup, I provide a 1-2 sentence summary of Mongolian foreign policy news, most of which come from Mongolian-language news sites. If you have … Continue reading →

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Elbegdorj Platform

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Julian Dierkes

[This post was researched and co-written by Brian White at The Mongolist blog.] Previous posts have offered an overview over the three candidates’ platforms, as well as of their foreign policy goals. Ten days before the election, President Ts Elbegdorj … Continue reading →

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