Mongolia
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16.06.2019
Mongolia Playing Stabilizing Role in Situation on Korean Peninsula
First, a short history lesson. According to records, the relationship between Mongolia and Korea spans 800 years. Mongolian annals from the 13th to 14th centuries mention Korea’s (at the time known as Solongos) role in Genghis Khan’s conquest of China. In the years preceding 1990, the Mongolian People’s Republic (MPR) and the DPRK cooperated on […]
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10.10.2018
A New Level in the US – Mongolian Relations
It is well known that the US was the last of the great Western powers to establish diplomatic relations with Mongolia, it happened only in 1987. However, already in the early 1990s, the US became one of the main sources of inspiration and support for the democratic reforms in Mongolia and the country’s transition to […]
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05.10.2018
The Results of the Mongolian Leader Attending the 4th Eastern Economic Forum
As you might know, the 4th Eastern Economic Forum was held in Vladivostok on September 13, 2018, led by the Russian President Vladimir Putin. It saw the participation of the Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, the South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon, the Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga and other officials. […]
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21.09.2018
Strengthening the Partnership between Mongolia, Russia and China
Three-party cooperation in action As readers will remember, in their third meeting, which took place during the 16th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2016, the presidents of Russia, China and Mongolia signed an official inter-governmental agreement on the creation of the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor. In their fourth, and most recent, meeting, which took […]
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06.08.2018
5th round of the Ulaanbaatar Dialogues
In 2014 Mongolia initiated an international conference in Ulaanbaatar, to discuss security problems in North-East Asia, particularly on the Korean peninsula. The significance of this initiative was all the greater, since at that time almost all the channels for discussion of problems and negotiations between the two Koreas had been closed, and the six-party talks […]
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04.07.2018
Mongolia’s “Third Neighbor” is Trying to Push both China and Russia Out
Most Westerners would typically have a hard time finding Mongolia on the map. Nevertheless, it’s a rather unique state that serves as home for well over 3 million people. It turns out that it has an incredibly rich history as well, that is closely tied to its two closest neighbors – Russia and China. However, what some might […]
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30.10.2017
Mongolia: Headed for Integration
After the candidate from the opposition Democratic Party Khaltmaagiin Battulga secured his victory in the July presidential election, Mongolia began actively solving its stagnant economic and social issues. On September 7, the Mongolian State Great Khural dismissed the Cabinet of Ministers led by Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat for violating the country’s laws on key economic issues related […]
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17.08.2017
What China Wants Tomorrow, Mongolia Does Today
Russia and China are emerging powers with the potential to rule the world, at the expense of the current balance of power. Sometimes they are in partnership, sometimes in conflict. Consequently every move these countries make is reported, analysed and responded to. But if you look at a map, you may well wonder: why don’t […]
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22.06.2017
What Future Mongolia is Going to Choose for Itself
Mongolia rarely attracts the attention of geopolitical analysts and commentators. The country that lies in the very center of Asia for a long time has been perceived as a modest satellite of the Soviet Union. These days Mongolia learns to pursue its own interests and find useful friends. Now-a-days the so-called third neighbor strategy dominates […]
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26.12.2016
Mongolia Capitulates to China
On December 20, 2016, the Chinese News Agency Xinhua released a statement by Munkh-Orgil Tsend, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, according to which the 14th Dalai Lama is prohibited from entering the country ever again even “with religious missions“. In the modern history of Cnina’s international relations this event can be without exaggeration called […]
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02.12.2016
On China’s Reaction to Dalai Lama’s 14th Visit to Mongolia
International news agencies are already beginning to move ahead in the list of the top event involving a five-day visit (from November 18 to November 23, 2016) by the 14th Dalai Lama to Mongolia mainly due to the publicly expressed opposition against China making this visit. The official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry urged […]
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15.12.2015
Mongolia and Japan: a Deepening Economic Partnership
During the period of the Mongolian People’s Republic (1921-1990), Mongolian-Japanese relations, since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1982, were diplomatically amiable, but essentially of a perfunctory nature. However, the Gobi Factory built by Japan in 1977 to produce cashmere marked the beginning of the provision of economic aid from Japan to Mongolia, which gradually […]