Publications
Obviously, this blog is not the only place where we publish our research on Mongolia. Below, we have separated our other publications into academic books, chapters in academic books, academic journal articles, short scholarly articles, journalistic articles. We list these publications chronologically.
Below this listing of our publications, we also list some organizations and other resources of use to Mongolia researchers.
Book
Dierkes, Julian, ed. 2012. Change in Democratic Mongolia – Social Relations, Health, Pastoralism, and Mining. Leiden: Brill.
Chapters in Academic Books
OYUNSUREN D, BYAMBAKHAN L and Julian Dierkes. 2023. “Patronage in Mongolia” in Political Patronage in Asian Bureaucracies (G Peters, C Know, B-S Kim, eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ Press.
BYAMBAJAV Dalaibuyan and Julian Dierkes. 2020. “The Business Climate: Institutions and Governance” in Mongolia’s Economic Prospects – Resource Rich and Landlocked Between Two Giants (M Helble, H Hill and D Magee, eds.). Manila: Asian Development Bank.
Mendee Jargalsaikhan with Charles Krusekopf. 2020. “Mongolia: After Successful Containment, Challenges Remain,” in Victor V. Ramraj, ed., Covid-19 in Asia: Law and Policy Contexts. New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Dierkes, Julian, MENDEE Jargalsaikhan and TUVSHINTUGS Adiya. 2015. “Intelligence Services in Democratic Mongolia” in East Asian Intelligence and Organised Crime (S Blancke, ed). Berlin: Verlag Dr. Köster.
Dierkes, Julian. 2012. “Introduction: Research on Contemporary Mongolia” in Change in Democratic Mongolia – Social Relations, Health, Mobile Pastoralism, and Mining (J Dierkes, ed.). Leiden: Brill, 2012.
Dierkes, Julian and BYAMBAJAV Dalaibuyan. 2012. “Conclusions: Mongolia in the First Twenty Years of the 21st Century” in Change in Democratic Mongolia – Social Relations, Health, Mobile Pastoralism, and Mining (J Dierkes, ed.). Leiden: Brill, 2012.
Bruneau, Thomas and Jargalsaikhan MENDEE. 2012. “Discovering Peacekeeping as a New Mission: Mongolia” in The Routledge Handbook of Civil-Military Relations (T Bruneau and F Matei, eds.)
Journal Issues
Charleux, Isabelle and Marissa J. Smith, ed. 2021. “Points of Transition. Ovoo and the Ritual Remaking of Religious, Ecological, and Historical Politics in Inner Asia“. Special Journal Issue. Études mongoles et sibériennes, centrasiatiques et tibétaines, Vol. 52.
Journal Articles
Smith, Marissa J. 2020. “Power of the People’s Parties and a post-Soviet Parliament: Regional infrastructural, economic, and ethnic networks of power in contemporary Mongolia“, Journal of Eurasian Studies, Vol. 11, No. 2: 107-116.
Dierkes, Julian and Mendee Jargalsaikhan. 2018. “Mongolia in an Emerging Northeast Asian Region“, Mongolian Journal of International Affairs, Vol 20: 91-100.
Dierkes, Julian. 2017. “Mongolia in 2016 – Resisting Populism Brings a Change in Government“, Asian Survey, Vol. 57, No. 1: 128-134.
Mendee, Jargalsaikhan with Sergey Radchenko. 2017. “Mongolia in the 2016-17 Electoral Cycle: The Blessings of Patronage.” Asian Survey, Vol. 57, No. 6: 1032-1057.
Dierkes, Julian. 2016. “Mongolia in 2015 – Middle Income, Caught in the Middle between Active Neighbors, Muddling along Economically“, Asian Survey, Vol. 56, No. 1: 87-92.
Dierkes, Julian. 2006. “Research on Mongolia in Canada“, Mongolian Journal of International Affairs, No. 13: 158-160.
Short Scholarly Articles
Dierkes, Julian. 2024. “Mongolia’s MPP Maintains Power with Strategic Gains“, East Asia Forum
Dierkes, Julian. 2024. “A Democracy in Motion“, International Politics and Society
Dierkes, Julian. 2024. “Mongolia’s Global Resurgence and Oyu Tolgoi’s Promise“, East Asia Forum
Dierkes, Julian. 2023. “Mongolian Government Under Pressure as Its Foreign Policy Options Are Squeezed by Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine“, East Asia Forum
Dierkes, Julian. 2023. “Mongolia’s Protests Have Faded. The Problems Fueling Them Have Not.“, World Politics Review
Dierkes, Julian. 2022. “Mongolia is Keen to Distance Itself from Moscow and Beijing“, Foreign Policy
Dierkes, Julian. 2022. “Another Pandemic Year, Another Election for Mongolia“, East Asia Forum
Mendee, Jargalsaikhan. 2021. “Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Mongolia’s Membership Debate,” Mongolian Geopolitics, (Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung), March 4, 2021, http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/mongolei/17483.pdf
Smith, Marissa J. 2021, “‘Quality, not Apology! Resign!’: COVID-19 Response Exposes Issues of Governance in Mongolia,” Critical Asian Studies, February 15, 2021, https://doi.org/10.52698/GVHN2150
Mendee, Jargalsaikhan. 2021. “The Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy and Mongolia,” Mongolian Geopolitics, (Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung), February 6, 2021, http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/mongolei/17343.pdf
Mendee, Jargalsaikhan. 2021. “Renewed Geopolitical Rivalries: Challenges and Options for Mongolia,” Mongolian Geopolitics, (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung), January 6, 2021, http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/mongolei/17164.pdf
Dierkes, Julian. 2021. “Mongolia Weathers the Storms of 2020“, East Asia Forum.
Mendee, Jargalsaikhan. 2021. “Mongolia’s Military Diplomacy and Geopolitical Balance“, East Asia Forum.
Mendee, Jargalsaikhan. 2020. “Mongolia’s Response to China’s New Educational Policy in Inner Mongolia, The Asan Forum, October 23, 2020, http://www.theasanforum.org/mongolias-response-to-chinas-new-educational-policy-in-inner-mongolia/
Byambajav Dalaibuyan and Julian Dierkes. 2020. “Can Mongolia’s Election Shun Democratic Backsliding?“, East Asia Forum.
Byambajav Dalaibuyan and Julian Dierkes. 2020. “Landslide Victory for MPP Incumbents as Mongolians Vote in Record Numbers“, East Asia Forum.
Dierkes, Julian. 2020. “Preserving the Political Status Quo in Mongolia“, East Asia Forum.
Mendee, Jargalsaikhan. 2019. “Democratization, National Identity, and Foreign Policy in Mongolia in 2019.” The ASAN Forum
Dierkes, Julian. 2019. “Mongolia Hamstrung by Political Paralysis and Corruption“, East Asia Forum.
Dierkes, Julian. 2018. “Corruption is a Cancer that Mongolia Can’t Cut Out“, East Asia Forum. [Republished in Mongolian translation “АВЛИГА МОНГОЛ УЛСЫН ХУВЬД ЭДГЭШГҮЙ ХАВДАР БОЛООД БАЙНА” Mongolian Journal of Geopolitical Studies 2017, no. 1 (April 10, 2018): 123-25.]
Dierkes, Julian. 2018. “Trump, Kim und … die Mongolei?“, Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft.
Dierkes, Julian. 2017. “Can Mongolia’s Brash New President Navigate Between China and Russia?“, World Politics Review.
Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2017 “Mongolia Lurches Between Crisis and Opportunity“, East Asia Forum.
Dierkes, Julian and CHIMGUUNDARI Navaan-Yunden. 2017 “Mongolia as a Canada-North Korea Intermediary“, Policy Options.
Dierkes, Julian. 2016. “Mongolia, Hit Hard by Commodities Slump, Wearily Faces Elections“, World Politics Review.
Dierkes, Julian. 2016. “Mongolia’s Disappointing Come-Down of 2016“, East Asia Forum.
Smith, Marissa J. 2016. “Language and Learning: What, and How, to Learn from One Another through International Research Collaboration in Mongolia“, American Center for Mongolian Studies Field Note, #6.
Dierkes, Julian. 2015. “Mongolia’s Unexpected 2014“, East Asia Forum.
MENDEE, Jargalsaikhan. 2015. “Permanent Neutrality Debate in Mongolia“, Asia Pacific Memo, #355.
Mendee, Jargalsaikhan. 2015. “Mongolia’s Dilemma: A Politically Linked, Economically Isolated Small Power.” The ASAN Forum
Dierkes, Julian. 2015. “Mongolia’s Flagging Economy Stalls Political Progress“, East Asia Forum.
MENDEE, Jargalsaikhan. 2014. “By Pipe and Rail: Russia in Search of Shorter Routes to Asian Markets“, Asia Pacific Memo, #301.
Dierkes, Julian. 2014. “Mongolia in the Region: Time for Economic Foreign Policy“, East Asia Forum.
MENDEE, Jargalsaikhan. 2014. “Mongolia – From Sino-Russian Buffer to Conversion Zone“, Asia Pacific Memo, #318.
Dierkes, Julian and OTGONBAATAR Byamba. 2013. “Japan’s Mongolian Connection in North Korea“, East Asia Forum.
MENDEE, Jargalsaikhan. 2013. “Keeping Neighbours Closer: Beijing’s Geopolitical Pitch“, Asia Pacific Memo, #249.
MENDEE, Jargalsaikhan. 2013. “Visas, Medicine, Education: Feeling Chinese Soft Power in Mongolia“. Asia Pacific Memo, #256.
MENDEE, Jargalsaikhan. 2013. “Mongolia: Gauging Inner Asian Tensions over Railways“, Asia Pacific Memo, #200.
Dierkes, Julian. 2013. “Mongolia’s Evolving Foreign Investment Regime“, East Asia Forum.
Dierkes, Julian and BYAMBAJAV Dalaibuyan. 2013. “Election 2013: Second term likely for Mongolian president”, IHS Global Insight Country Intelligence Report.
Dierkes, Julian. 2013. “Canada, Mongolia, and the Diplomacy of Knowledge“, OpenCanada.org.
Miliate, Brandon. 2013. “Politics of Mining in Mongolia and Burma/Myanmar“, Asia Pacific Memo, #216.
Dierkes, Julian and Brandon Miliate. 2012. “Women Part of a Major Turnover in Mongolian Parliament“, Asia Pacific Memo, #168
Dierkes, Julian and BYAMBAJAV Dalaibuyan. 2012. “Mongolian Coalition Government Sets Out Policy Direction”, IHS Global Insight Country Intelligence Report.
Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2012. “Mongolian Election: Bumpy Road, but Heading in the Right Direction“, Asia Pacific Memo, #161.
Dierkes, Julian. 2012. “Mongolia: corruption arrests and new investment laws as elections loom“, East Asia Forum, June 8, 2012.
Dierkes, Julian and BYAMBAJAV Dalaibuyan. 2012. “Results Suggests Democratic Party-Led Coalition for Mongolia, IHS Global Insight Country Intelligence Same-Day Analysis.
Dierkes, Julian and BYAMBAJAV Dalaibuyan. 2012. “Mongolian Election Suggests Democratic Party-led Coalition”, Jane’s Intelligence Weekly.
Dierkes, Julian and Brandon Miliate. 2012. “Mongolia: Electronic Voting but no Trust“, East Asia Forum.
Dierkes, Julian. 2011. “Current Convulsions in Mongolia’s Political Party Landscape“, Asia Pacific Memo, #52.
MENDEE, Jargalsaikhan. 2012. “Factoring Mongolia’s non-Membership In the Shanghai Cooperation Organization” Voices from Central Asia, No. 3.
Dierkes, Julian. 2011. “Mongolia’s ‘third neighbour’ policy and its impact on foreign investment“, East Asia Forum, February 15, 2011.
BYAMBAJAV, Dalaibuyan, Julian Dierkes and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2011. “Livelihood Clashes in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia“, Asia Pacific Memo, #87.
Dierkes, Julian. 2011. “Why no Anti-Mining Party in Mongolia? Why no Pro-Mining Movement?“, Asia Pacific Memo, #106.
Dierkes, Julian. 2010. “Expanding Canada-Mongolia Relations: Resource-Based Democracies in Collaboration“, Canada-Asia Agenda, Issue 7, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, April 19, 2010.
Journalistic Articles
Julian Dierkes. 2022. “Mass Protests in Mongolia Decry ‘Coal Mafia’, Corruption“. The Diplomat
Bulgan Batdorj and Julian Dierkes. 2022. “Mongolia will recover from dual shocks”. Oxford Analytica Daily Brief.
Ulrika Möller and Julian Dierkes. 2021. “Did Mongolia Give Up on Winning a UN Security Council Seat?“. The Diplomat
Bolor, Lkhaajav and Julian Dierkes. 2021. “With New PM, A New Generation Taking Charge in Mongolia“. The Diplomat
Marissa J. Smith, Bulgan Batdorj and Julian Dierkes. 2021. “Grappling With Parliament Limiting His Powers, Mongolian President Moves to Dissolve Ruling Party“. The Diplomat
Julian Dierkes, Marissa J. Smith and Shannon Tiezzi. 2021. “Khurelsukh Cruises to Victory in Mongolian Presidential Race”. The Diplomat
Bulgan Batdorj and Julian Dierkes. 2021. “Ruling Party Dominance will Mean Stability in Mongolia”. Oxford Analytica Daily Brief.
Marissa J. Smith and Julian Dierkes. 2021. “After Wild Election Season, What’s Next for Mongolia?“. The Diplomat Magazine
Mendee, Jargalsaikhan. 2020. “Mongolia’s Effective ‘Analogue’ Approach to COVID-19 Containment.” Dispatches of Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
Mendee, Jargalsaikhan. 2020. “Mongolia’s Diplomacy Amidst the Pandemic and Geopolitical Rivalries.” FES in Asia.
Mendee, Jargalsaikhan. 2020. “Democracy in the Time of Covid-19: Mongolia’s Parliamentary Election.” Dispatches of Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
Dierkes, Julian and Bulgan Batdorj. “Mongolia’s Success Relies Heavily on China”, Oxford Analytica Daily Brief: July 16, 2020.
Dierkes, Julian. 2020 “Сонгуулийн луйврын тухай баримтгүй хардлагууд ардчилалд хортой“, Ikon.mn
Dierkes, Julian and Niels Hegewisch. 2020. “Үнэгүй ардчилал гэж хаана ч байдаггүй“. news.mn
Dierkes, Julian and Niels Hegewisch. 2020. “Democracy Does Not Come Cheaply – Elections Should Cost Money“. The Defacto Gazette
Bulgan, Batdorj and Julian Dierkes. 2020. “Mongolia’s Next Election will Feature New Types of Candidates“. The Diplomat.
Julian Dierkes and Marissa J. Smith. 2020. “Mongolia’s New Parliament: Familiar Party, Fresher Faces“. The Diplomat.
Dierkes, Julian and DAMDINNYAM Gongor. 2019. “МОНГОЛЧУУД: Ил тод байдлаас зѳв оролцооны хувьсгал руу…“. Ikon.mn.
Dierkes, Julian and Niels Hegewisch. 2019. “Нийгмийн сүлжээ залуу сонгогчдын зоригийг мохоож байна уу?“. gogo.mn
Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2018. “8 Reasons Why Mongolia’s Capital, Ulaanbaatar, Might Be the Place for a Trump-Kim Summit“, The Diplomat.
Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2018. “ТҮҮХЭН БОЛОМЖИЙГ БҮҮ АЛДААСАЙ“, MongolTV.
Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2018 “What Mongolia Gains by Playing Host to a Historic Trump-Kim Summit“, The Diplomat.
Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan . 2018. “Location, location, location: Ulaanbaatar still in the running to host Trump-Kim summit“, The Diplomat.
Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2018. “In Discussing North Korea, Recall Mongolia’s Peaceful Revolution and End to One-Party Rule“. The Diplomat.
Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2018. “Spy Scrutiny”. Jane’s Intelligence Review, August 2018: 36-29.
Mendee, Jargalsaikhan. 2018. “Role Play Brings Policy-Making to Life For Youth Leaders in Mongolia.” FES in Asia
Dierkes, Julian. 2017. “Miners Face Changed Landscape on Return to Mongolia“, beyond brics, Financial Times.
Dierkes, Julian. 2017. “The Race for Mongolia’s Presidency Begins“, The Diplomat.
Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2017. “Election 2017: Making Mongolia Great Again“, The Diplomat.
Dierkes, Julian. 2017. “Mongolia Just Chose a New President. What Now?” The Diplomat.
Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2017. “A New Cabinet for Mongolia“, The Diplomat.
Smith, Marissa J. and Andrei Marin. 2017. “On the scapegoating of goat herders for air pollution and economic crisis”, The UB Post.
Dierkes, Julian. 2016. “Guarded Confidence in Mongolian Democracy“, The Diplomat.
Dierkes, Julian, Trevor Kennedy, Melanie Schweiger, Christina Toepel. 2015. “Mongolian Empire 2.0? A World Conquered by Online Freedom“, The Diplomat.
Dierkes, Julian. 2014. “Unlocking Mongolia’s Potential“, UB Post.
Dierkes, Julian. 2013. “A Second Change for Mongolia’s President“, Wall Street Journal.
Dierkes, Julian. 2013. “Giving Power to the People of Mongolia” beyond brics, Financial Times.
Dierkes, Julian. 2013. “Mongolian Democracy and Its Oligarchs”, beyond brics, Financial Times.
Dierkes, Julian. 2013. “Setting the Stage for a Presidential Election”, mining.com.
Dierkes, Julian. 2013. “What to Look for in Mongolia’s Presidential Candidates”, beyond brics, Financial Times.
Dierkes, Julian. 2013. “Mongolia’s Choice on Investments“, Wall Street Journal.
Dierkes, Julian. 2013. “Mongolia Doesn’t Have Resource Nationalism – For Now” beyond brics, Financial Times.
Dierkes, Julian. 2013. “МОНГОЛ ДАХь ХӨРӨНГӨ ОРУУЛАЛТЫН ХЯЗГААР”, Өнөөдөр.
Dierkes, Julian. 2013. “Foreign Investment to Mongolia: Restrictions and Comparisons with Canada“, UB Post.
Dierkes, Julian. 2013. “How to Leverage a Growing Relationship with Mongolia“, The Embassy.
Smith, Marissa J. 2017. Review of Ivan Sablin, Governing Post-Imperial Siberia and Mongolia: Buddhism, socialism, and nationalism in state and autonomy building, Inner Asia.
Smith, Marissa J. and Rebecca Watters. 2016. Review of Bernard Charlier, Faces of the Wolf: Managing the Human, Non-Human Boundary in Mongolia,Central Asian Survey.
Smith, Marissa J. 2016. Review of Lucy Rees, Mongolian Film Music: Tradition, Revolution, and Propaganda, Inner Asia.
Centres for Research on Mongolia
American Center for Mongolian Studies (MNG and USA)
Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington Univ (USA)
Department of Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana Univ (USA)
Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, Univ of Cambridge (UK)
Mongolian Studies Centre, Australian National Univ (AUS)
Program on Inner Asia, Univ of British Columbia (CDN)
Mongolia Research Hub, Univ of Queensland (AUS)
Blogs
Pollution Studies in Mongolia’s Capital City
Ulaanbaatar Parks and Streets Blog
Scholarly Associations
Central Eurasian Studies Society (USA)
Mongolia Society (USA)
日本モンゴル文学会 (Association for Mongolian Literature in Japan)
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