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Yearly Archives: 2018
Local Level Agreements in Mongolia: A Need for Government Leadership and Policy Clarity
By Byambajav D Before any mineral exploration and mining can take place in Mongolia, the country’s 2006 Minerals Law requires that the host local government and license holders sign a “local level agreement” (LLA). LLAs typically include commitments and obligations … Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Mining, Mining Governance, Public Policy
Tagged BYAMBAJAV Dalaibuyan
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Guest Post: Flooding in Mongolia
By Jangar Ts Recent floods in Mongolia have brought about a lot of discussions. Continuous heavy rains all over the country quickly resulted in multiple floods, destroying communication lines, affecting some villages and infrastructure. In the northern part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Environment, Flooding, Gobi, Grassland, Jangar Tsembel, Natural Disaster, Ulaanbaatar
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Rose-Tinted Views: My Optimist View of Mongolia
By Julian Dierkes Had a really interesting conversation! Wow, what a network of worldly, interesting Mongolians, Bataa has assembled! A number of his friends were kind enough to mention that they read the blog and it turned out that I … Continue reading
Guest Post: Grappling with Wrestling Titles
By Zorigtkhuu B National wrestling is considered a Mongolian precious cultural heritage. It holds the Guinness World Record that involved 6,002 wrestlers during the largest Mongolian wrestling tournament which was organized on 17th September. 2011. Wrestlers have been entertaining the … Continue reading
Posted in Naadam, Wrestling, Zorigtkhuu Bat-Erdene
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IAAC: To Change Directors or Strengthen the Institutions?
By Mendee Jargalsaikhan and Julian Dierkes In a previous post, we discussed the joint efforts of President Kh Battulga, MP L Oyun-Erdene (MPP), and concerned citizen O Darkhanbaatar, regarding the current leadership of the IAAC. The most publicized reason for … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Governance, Judiciary, Politics
Tagged Julian Dierkes, MENDEE Jargalsaikhan
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Akçay Mobilization
By Julian Dierkes The late July apparent attempt to kidnap a Gülen-affiliated educator in Mongolia is still animating a lot of discussions one week later. The most pressing questions still surround the cooperation that some Mongolian authorities must have given … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Society, Primary and Secondary Education, Protest, Security Apparatus, Turkey
Tagged Julian Dierkes
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Study Tours, Policy Implementation and Necessary Context
By Julian Dierkes Over the years I have been – mostly peripherally, though not for lack of trying – involved in various attempts to describe good practices from other countries to Mongolian policy makers in the hopes of seeing elements … Continue reading
Posted in Bilateral Aid, Canada, Development, Environment, Public Policy, Public Service
Tagged Julian Dierkes
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Turkish Attempt to Abduct Educator in Ulaanbaatar
By Julian Dierkes and Mendee Jargalsaikhan More than just a curious spy story, this might turn into a full diplomatic crisis between Mongolia and Turkey, a relationship that has been active and vibrant for some years. Note that it is … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Security Apparatus, Turkey
Tagged Julian Dierkes; Mendee Jargalsaikhan
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Joint Calls for Special Sessions to Removal of IAAC Leadership
by Mendee Jargalsaikhan & Julian Dierkes In May, we wrote a primer on the Independent Authority against Corruption. The АТГ has been back in the news recently, partly because of on-going investigations against former politicians, but also because of battles between … Continue reading
Rio Tinto in Mongolia
By Julian Dierkes Recently, Bulgan B and I pointed out that there have been as many CEOs at Oyu Tolgoi over the past ten years as there have been PMs of Mongolia. I also appeared on a live BBC radio … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Investment, International Agreements, Mining, Mining Governance, Nationalism, Oyu Tolgoi, Policy
Tagged Julian Dierkes
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Job Rotation in the Mongolian Cabinet, at Turquoise Hill and at Oyu Tolgoi
By Julian Dierkes and Bulgan B Any observer would agree that the development of Oyu Tolgoi has been a winding and meandering path. In the foreign press and from an international investor perspective, mentions of the frequent turnover of Mongolian … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Government, JD Mining Governance, Mining, Mining Governance, Oyu Tolgoi
Tagged Julian Dierkes; Batdorj Bulgan
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The UB Dialogue at the Crossroads
By Mendee Jargalsaikhan The designation of Singapore for the historic summit of US President Donald Trump and DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-Un probably relieved Mongolian government officials, security personnel, and capital city residents. It would not add any financial pressures like … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Foreign Policy, Germany, Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, Ulaanbaatar Dialogue, United States
Tagged MENDEE Jargalsaikhan
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Mongolia doesn’t need to join the SCO
By Mendee Jargalsaikhan and Julian Dierkes Like Switzerland for NATO, Mongolia’s absence in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) creates a neutral spot in the Chinese-led regional grouping. But, Mongolia neither hinders any dreams of the creators nor presents any benefits … Continue reading
Present and Past of Mongolia: 15 Years of Changes as Observed by a Civil Engineer
By Kenji Maruoka Translated from Japanese by Ts Jangar Originally published as 「谷川, 聡. (Tanigawa Satoru).(2017). モンゴルの今と昔～2000 年から土木技術者として見てきた15 年の変遷～. KON BAINA UU. No１６ It was my first visit of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where I came to work for Japan’s ODA program in the early May … Continue reading
Posted in Bilateral Aid, Change, Development, Infrastructure, Social Change, Ulaanbaatar
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Virtual Nomination of Anti-Corruption Leaders: Political Innovations?
By Mendee Jargalsaikhan and Julian Dierkes The role of social media continues to be something that we are watching closely. The most notable example of social-mediated democracy was Ch Saikhanbileg’s 2015 SMS poll. But, despite Mongolian politicians’ early embrace of … Continue reading