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Guest Post: Christopher Carter on Kazakh Mongolians in Far West

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Julian Dierkes

For the past month I have been living at the mountain pastures of the fourth bag of Saqai Soum in Olgii province Mongolia working on researching participatory planning and water resource development. Olgii province is home to Mongolia’s largest ethnicity, a Kazakh … Continue reading →

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Deepening Canada-Mongolia Relations

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Julian Dierkes

On April 25, just ahead of the ministerial conference of the Community of Democracies that was attended by Canadian Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Minister Deepak Obhrai, I published the following comment in Embassy – Canada’s Foreign Policy Newspaper. How … Continue reading →

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Christianity in Mongolia since 1990

Posted on May 1, 2013 by D.Byambajav

Like mining, we witness a religious boom in Mongolia. Like many post-socialist countries where religion experienced state repression, Mongolia has seen the revival and diversity of religion since 1990. The expansion of Buddhism and Shamanism, Mongolian “traditional” religions, has been … Continue reading →

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Posted in Byambajav Dalaibuyan, Religion, Research on Mongolia, Social Issues, Social Movements, Society and Culture, Ulaanbaatar | Tagged | 2 Comments

Guest Post: Musical Mobility and Continued Dialogues Between City and Countryside in Urtyn duu

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Julian Dierkes

Sunmin Yoon’s guest post on Mongolian long-song. Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Southern Gobi Water Shortage

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Julian Dierkes

Michelle Olson expands upon her series of articles on water issues in the South Gobi for the UB Post. Continue reading →

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Posted in Environment, Environment, Michelle Tolson, Mining, Oyu Tolgoi, Water | Tagged | 3 Comments

Guest Post: Herders’ Protest in Umnigovi

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Julian Dierkes

Recently, some herders have been protesting unpaved mining roads in the Gobi Desert. Continue reading →

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Posted in Environment, Environmental Movements, Gobi, Protest, Sara Jackson, Social Issues, Social Movements | Tagged | 1 Comment

Guest Post: Voter Turn-Out

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Julian Dierkes

Brian White examines the extent to which migration may be having an impact on voter turnout in Mongolian elections. Continue reading →

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Posted in Brian White, Democracy, Elections, Ikh Khural 2012, Party Politics, Politics, Social Issues | Tagged | 8 Comments

Early Speculation about Likely Election Outcomes

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Julian Dierkes

Speculation about possible election outcomes in the 2012 Mongolian parliamentary election. Continue reading →

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Posted in Democratic Party, Elections, Ikh Khural 2012, JD Democratization, Mongolian People's Party, Tsogtbaatar Byambaa | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Guest Post: Population Health Inequities Resulting from Mining

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Julian Dierkes

On-going projects on the impact of mining on population health. Continue reading →

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Posted in Health, Inequality, Mining, Research on Mongolia, Social Issues, Tsogtbaatar Byambaa | 1 Comment

Guest Post: Mongolian “Resource Nationalism”

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Julian Dierkes

Marissa Smith unpacks the notion of “resource nationalism” in Mongolia Continue reading →

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Posted in Development, Erdenet, Ikh Khural 2012, Marissa Smith, Mining, Nationalism, Oyu Tolgoi, Policy, Politics, Social Issues | 7 Comments

Dr. Maria Barrados: Future Opportunities for Canada-Mongolia Relations

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Julian Dierkes

Keynote on the potential for public service reform in Mongolia delivered by Dr. Maria Barrados, frm president, Public Service Commission of Canada. Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Mongolian Medical Tourism Industry on the Rise

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Julian Dierkes

More and more people are traveling to receive medical care abroad. This is true of Mongolians as well and researchers from SFU are exploring the impact of this medical tourism on local health care systems. Continue reading →

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Posted in Health, Research on Mongolia, Social Issues, Tourism, Tsogtbaatar Byambaa | 2 Comments

Mongolian Parliament Election and Uncertainty on an Electronic Vote-Counting System by Otgonbaatar (Waseda University)

Posted on March 21, 2012 by mendee

The election is drawing close attention from both domestically and overseas residing Mongolians, not only because there are many pending issues that are holding their solutions in the Mongolian society. But also, this is because the State Great Khural (Parliament)[1] … Continue reading →

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Posted in Democracy, Elections, Ikh Khural 2012, Otgonbaayar Byambaa, Politics | 1 Comment

Guest Post: A Young Democracy Seeks Investors

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Julian Dierkes

An Adam Simpson guest post based on a CDFAI policy update on “Legal and Regulatory Constructs of Resource Management in Afghanistan and Mongolia”. Continue reading →

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The Effect of Mongolia’s Mining Boom on the Tourism Industry

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Julian Dierkes

How mining poses a challenge to the budding Mongolian tourism industry and what to do about this challenge. Continue reading →

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