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The Diplomat Podcast on Mongolia as Asia’s Hidden Geopolitical Player

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes I’m finally getting around to listening to The Diplomat’s podcast episode focused on Mongolia, “Northeast Asia’s Hidden Geopolitical Player“. Ankit Panda, one of the editors of The Diplomat, speaks to Peter Bittner who spent some time in … Continue reading →

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Permanent Neutrality

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Julian Dierkes

At the UN General Assembly, on Sept 29 2015, Pres. Ts Elbegdorj included a very brief statement in his address that, Mongolia has pursued an peaceful, open, multi-pillar foreign policy. This stance enabled us to declare Mongolia in a state … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Foreign Policy, Military, Mongolia and ..., Russia, UN | Tagged Julian Dierkes, MENDEE Jargalsaikhan | Leave a comment

Potential Northeast Asian Economic Corridors: Differing Chinese and Russian Priorities

Posted on May 8, 2015 by mendee

Sitting at a strategic crossroads between Europe and East Asia, Mongolia and North Korea are potential economic corridors for the wider Eurasian landmass. However, the realization of such corridors depends in large part on Chinese and Russian policy priorities, since … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Economics, Infrastructure, International Relations, Japan, Mongolia and ..., North Korea, Russia, South Korea | Tagged MENDEE Jargalsaikhan | Leave a comment

Lingering anti-Sinic sentiments in post-Communist Mongolia: Why dislike the Chinese?

Posted on January 9, 2015 by mendee

Just sharing a long-waited working paper on anti-Chinese sentiments in Mongolia. The following is the abstract, for the full paper – here is the link. Sino-Mongolian relations have been amicable ever since the Sino-Soviet and Sino-Mongolian rapprochements of the late … Continue reading →

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Mongolia – From Sino-Russian Buffer to Conversion Zone

Posted on November 29, 2014 by mendee

Last autumn, Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin made separate visits to Mongolia, met for a tri-lateral (Russia-China-Mongolia) summit in the Tajikistan capital of Dushanbe during the leadership summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and dispatched their vice-foreign ministers … Continue reading →

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Progress on Oyu Tolgoi?

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes The Mongolian government has been battling a homemade economic crisis for some two years now. It has been a largely self-inflicted crisis brought on by some hasty policy decisions regarding investments that have led to a massive … Continue reading →

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Caveats for the Mongolia-China Strategic Partnership

Posted on July 28, 2014 by mendee

China and Mongolia upgraded their bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership in 2011. Last year, both countries agreed to the implementation of a detailed action plan to strengthen their strategic partnership in the five specific areas of politics, security, the … Continue reading →

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Rosneft Pipelines to and Through Mongolia

Posted on May 1, 2014 by mendee

Events in Ukraine create both uncertainties and opportunities in Ulaanbaatar. A changing balance of power in Europe and closer ties between two regional powers, Russia and China, certainly create new uncertainty for Mongolia. With their country’s “regionless” fate of living … 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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Visas, Medicine, Education: Feeling Chinese Soft Power in Mongolia

Posted on December 16, 2013 by mendee

China has been gradually increasing its soft power in neighbouring Mongolia, from offers of visa-free travel to access to its medical facilities, and most recently, growing educational opportunities in China for Mongolians. These policies have gone far in diminishing deep-seated … 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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Anatomy of the Current Economic Crisis

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Julian Dierkes

Having spent last week in Ulaanbaatar, it is clear to me that the current crisis is a) more severe than I had thought, and b) more real/less perceived than I had thought. Below, I try to list elements in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, China, Corruption, Development, Economics, Foreign Investment, Governance, Inflation, JD Mining Governance, Mining, Oyu Tolgoi, Policy, Politics | Tagged Julian Dierkes | 3 Comments

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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Udval Election Platform

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Julian Dierkes

Speculation about some kind of Udval retreat notwithstanding, based on information contributed by and co-written with Brian White at The Mongolist, we discuss Udval’s election platform here. Broad Goals Similar to the other candidates, Minister of Health N Udval intends … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Corruption, Elections, Foreign Investment, Governance, Judiciary, Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, Policy, Politics, Presidential 2013, Social Media | Tagged Julian Dierkes | 1 Comment

Why Mongolia’s China Mining Strategy is NOT a Mistake!

Posted on September 26, 2012 by mendee

Mendee J replies to recent WSJ blog post regarding Mongolia’s strategy vis-a-vis Chinese investments. Continue reading →

Posted in Business, China, Foreign Investment, Mining, Mongolia and ... | Tagged MENDEE Jargalsaikhan | 4 Comments

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