{"id":5530,"date":"2018-03-17T10:08:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T17:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/?p=5530"},"modified":"2018-05-10T08:38:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T15:38:19","slug":"mongolias-role-in-engaging-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/2018\/mongolias-role-in-engaging-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Mongolia’s Role in Engaging North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Julian Dierkes<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kim Jong-il Kindergarten in Darkhan City<\/p><\/div>\n

North Korea has long been an important element in Mongolia’s foreign relations. With the surprise announcement of plans for a meeting between Pres. Donald Trump and Chairman of the Worker’s Party of Korea Kim Jong-un, we tried to stoke discussions about a possible involvement for Mongolia in the lead-up, hosting and follow-up to any meeting.<\/p>\n

Recent Writing<\/h2>\n

Here are some of the articles we’ve published on this topic in late March:<\/p>\n

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  1. Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2018. “8 Reasons Why Mongolia’s Capital, Ulaanbaatar, Might Be the Place for a Trump-Kim Summit<\/a>“, The Diplomat<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  2. Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2018. “\u0422\u04ae\u04ae\u0425\u042d\u041d \u0411\u041e\u041b\u041e\u041c\u0416\u0418\u0419\u0413 \u0411\u04ae\u04ae \u0410\u041b\u0414\u0410\u0410\u0421\u0410\u0419<\/a>“, MongolTV<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  3. Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2018. “What Mongolia Gains by Playing Host to a Historic Trump-Kim Summit<\/a>“, The Diplomat<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  4. Dierkes, Julian. 2018. “Trump, Kim … und die Mongolei?<\/a>“, Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft<\/em>. (English<\/a> |\u00a0\u041d\u0430 \u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  5. Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan . 2018. “Location, location, location: Ulaanbaatar still in the running to host Trump-Kim summit<\/a>“, The Diplomat<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  6. MENDEE Jargalsaikhan and Julian Dierkes. 2018 “UB Dialogue Initiatives from the 1970s to 1990s<\/a>“,\u00a0Mongolia Focus<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  7. Dierkes, Julian. 2018. “Some Thoughts about Logistics of a Steppe Summit<\/a>“, Mongolia Focus<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  8. Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2018. “Elevate Ulaanbaatar Dialogue<\/a>“, Mongolia Focus<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  9. Dierkes, Julian. 2018. “What to Call a Trump-Kim Summit?<\/a>“, Mongolia Focus<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  10. Dierkes, Julian and MENDEE Jargalsaikhan. 2018. “In Discussing North Korea, Recall Mongolia’s Peaceful Revolution and End to One-Party Rule<\/a>“. The Diplomat<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There was also some interest around engaging North Korea via Mongolia around the time plans for the “Vancouver Group” meeting were announced in late 2017. Together with Chimguundari N, I wrote a piece for Policy Options<\/em>: “Mongolia as a Canada-North Korea Intermediary<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

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    Yesterday, I quoted discussions (from Digital Archive @TheWilsonCenter<\/a>) b\/w Kim Il-Sung & visiting #Mongolia<\/a>-n leader J Batmunkh to illustrate ????????-???????? history. https:\/\/t.co\/vt2dmhHtMb<\/a><\/p>\n

    \u2014 Julian Dierkes (@jdierkes) April 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n