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Mongolia and Central Asia: Growing Interest and What’s Behind It
From the very beginning of its democracy, Mongolia has sought to define itself as an East Asian state, sometimes even fitting into the Asia-Pacific region (despite being a landlocked state). Recently, however, despite the continuation of the same trend in the country’s “geographical self-image,” Mongolia has begun to actively develop relations with Central Asian states as well. Although diplomatic relations between most Central Asian countries and Mongolia were established as early as 1992, they have not been very active. The only exceptions are Mongolia’s relations with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan…
Boris Kushhov
What was the obvious and not-so-obvious significance of the Pope’s visit to Mongolia?
The Pope’s journey to Mongolia concluded on September 4. This was a spiritual as well as a state visit, and the Pope was not only visiting Mongolia as the head of the Catholic Church. In addition to preaching, inaugurating a Charity House, and meeting with members of the Catholic community, Francis met with Mongolian dignitaries, including the President of Mongolia, Prime Minister, and Speaker of Parliament. Despite a pretty unusual agenda and expectations of equally unusual remarks and outcomes from this journey…
Boris Kushhov
Mongolia and the UN: a broader understanding of the “international community”
Mongolia has virtually always had to operate far from major global political and civilizational centers, both geographically and culturally. Looking for economic partners and political allies that are physically remote from Mongolia has historically been a hugely popular concept in the nation. The Mongol rulers of the “imperial period” dispatched ambassadors to distant states such as Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Pope of Rome. The early twentieth-century theocratic Mongolia likewise began…
Boris Kushhov
Gender equality: the faux pas of Americanizing Mongolia
Bair Danzanov
A triumph of materialistic interest: the Mongolian prime minister visits the United States
Boris Kushhov
US interests in Mongolia: the official myth and the secret reality
Bair Danzanov
Mongolia, a victim of neo-colonial looting - how Western capital obtained control over Oyu Tolgoi
Boris Kushhov
Speaker of the Mongolian khural in Moscow – an unusual but revealing visit
Boris Kushhov
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