-
Recent Posts
- Quick Observations On the Eve of Local Elections 2024 October 9, 2024
- Guest Post: Mongolian Hoops Dreams — Creation of Soft Power Through Basketball September 17, 2024
- Change in the Countryside June 2024 September 2, 2024
- How Unfortunate: Putin Visits Mongolia August 30, 2024
- More on Oyun-Erdene’s Cabinet August 29, 2024
- Guest Comment: Mongolia’s Democratic Party Gambit into Government August 20, 2024
- CWGP and National Coalition Results August 16, 2024
- Guest Post: Mongolian Participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games August 13, 2024
- Guest Post: A free but not a Fair Election: It Was All About Money August 12, 2024
- Observing Election Day: Bulgan and Orkhon Aimags August 5, 2024
Topics for Mongolia Focus
- Business
- Canada
- China
- Constitution
- Corruption
- Countryside
- Curios
- Democracy
- Democratic Party
- Development
- Education
- Elections
- Foreign Investment
- Foreign Policy
- Governance
- Health
- Ikh Khural 2012
- Ikh Khural 2016
- Ikh Khural 2020
- Ikh Khural 2024
- International Relations
- JD Democratization
- JD Mining Governance
- Law
- Media and Press
- Mining
- Mining
- Mining Governance
- Mongolia and ...
- Mongolian People's Party
- Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
- Oyu Tolgoi
- Party Politics
- Policy
- Politics
- Presidential 2017
- Public Policy
- Research on Mongolia
- Russia
- Social Change
- Social Issues
- Social Media
- Social Movements
- Society and Culture
- Ulaanbaatar
Archives
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
Monthly Archives: October 2013
My Governor General’s Medallion
It is a bit embarrassing to toot my own horn in this way, but the Rt Hon David Johnston awarded me a Governor General’s Medallion at the Friends of Canada reception on Oct 26 2013. During the award, the following … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Curios, Governor General's Visit 2013, Research on Mongolia
Tagged Julian Dierkes
Leave a comment
Governor General’s Speech to the Mongolian Parliament
Clearly, a parliament, a democratically-elected parliament no less, deserves much respect as an institution and in its proceedings. How appropriate then, that a visiting Governor General would address the Mongolian parliament. As I was not a part of the official … Continue reading
Foreign Policy Roundup #9: October 13-27, 2013
The last two weeks of Mongolian foreign policy news are marked with 2 important state visits: The Mongolian PM’s official visit to China; The Canadian Governor-General’s first visit to Ulaanbaatar. See below for the highlights of these visits and more. … Continue reading
Results of Canadian State Visit to Mongolia
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
Canadian State Visit
2013 marks the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and Mongolia. Earlier this year, this anniversary was marked by a visit of the chairman of the Ikh Khural, Z Enkhbold, to Canada. Now, it has been announced that the Canadian … Continue reading
Foreign Policy Roundup #8: September 30-October 13, 2013
Latest foreign policy news from Mongolia, including Mongolia’s continuing bid to join APEC. ————- From Last Week Mongolia established diplomatic relations with Suriname. L. Bold met with a representative from the UN Office for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Countries, … Continue reading
If not an SWF then what?
At the recent World Economic Forum’s “Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Mongolia” I heard a lot of talk about the need for the Mongolian government to shed its direct involvement in the economy, but also the recommendation to rely … Continue reading
Mongolian Defense Diplomacy
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
Posted in China, Eurasia Daily Monitor, Foreign Policy, Military, Russia, United States
Tagged MENDEE Jargalsaikhan
Leave a comment
Solutions to the Current Economic Crisis?
Previously, I have written about economic and political aspects of the challenges currently facing Mongolia. Right now, the economic situation seems a bit like a “wicked problem” or a quagmire, and I see relatively little cause for short-term optimism, but … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Development, Economics, Foreign Investment, Governance, Inflation, JD Mining Governance, Mining, Mining, Policy, Politics
Tagged Julian Dierkes
2 Comments
Summer 2014 History Events with Mongolia Focus
A 5-week faculty summer institute on “The Mongols and the Eurasian Nexus of Global History” and a conference on “Changing Patterns of Power in Historical and Modern Central and Inner Asia” have been announced recently. While these include a focus … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, History, Inner Asia, Research on Mongolia, Teaching in Mongolian Studies
Tagged Julian Dierkes
Leave a comment
Study in Canada Education Fair, Oct 27-29, Ulaanbaatar
The Canadian embassy in Ulaanbaatar is hosting its first Canadian Education Fair later this month. Over 20 education institutions from Canada will be represented at the fair, reflecting a commitment to education as a key to success and prosperity of … Continue reading