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President Khurelsukh’s Last Dance at the UN General Assembly
By Julian Dierkes We have previously written about Pres Khurelukh’s speeches to the General Assembly: 2021 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 and about Pres Elbegdorj at the UN GA: 2013 | 2015. As the second speaker in the afternoon … Continue reading
International Conferences as Diplomatic Principle
By Julian Dierkes Over my long years of providing analysis of contemporary Mongolia, there have been many occasions to reflect on the role that hosting international meetings has played. Most recently (though not that recent) I reflected on this in … Continue reading
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Mongolia and the 2026 Series of UN Meetings on Desertification, Rangeland Management, and Climate Change: Conversations So Far
By Marissa J. Smith Mongolia is scheduled to hold the COP17 conference, the annual Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD), from August 17 … Continue reading
Posted in City Planning, Climate Change, Countryside, Desertification, Development, Environment, Grassland, Herding, Human Rights, Law, Mongolia and ..., Policy, Ulaanbaatar, UN, Water
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Who is B. Purevdagva?
By Marissa J. Smith Following the removal (and detention) of the deputy governor of Ulaanbaatar, and now the removal of the governor of Ulaanbaatar in the context of corruption allegations, the nomination of the new governor of Ulaanbaatar has been … Continue reading
Posted in Aimags, City Planning, Constitution, Corruption, Governance, Infrastructure, Mongolian People's Party, Party Politics, Politics, Russia, Ulaanbaatar
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Newish Foreign Policy Vibes in Ulaanbaatar
By Julian Dierkes During my April 2026 visit to Mongolia I had a chance to have some discussions about Mongolian foreign policy and geopolitics, including discussions at the Institute of Strategic Studies and the Academy of Science’s Institute of International … Continue reading
Posted in China, Dalai Lama, Foreign Policy, Mongolia and ..., Russia, Tibet
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What Does the Rusal-Rio Case Actually Mean For Mongolia?
By Marissa J. Smith Coinciding with the December 2025 Oyu Tolgoi hearings, a Russian court decided for Rusal against Rio Tinto in the case of a $1.32 billion lawsuit around a joint alumina refinery in Queensland that Rio took sole … Continue reading
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Khurelsukh and Pax Mongolica at the UN
By Julian Dierkes Pres. Khurelsukh’s speeches at the UN General Assembly have caught my eyes in recent years, in part because the UN has been the site of an at least symbolic battle between Russian President V Putin and the … Continue reading
Guest Post: Visit to Mongolia by Japanese Emperor and Empress and Public Response in Japan
By Kunio Minato The first imperial visit to Mongolia by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako was undoubtedly a landmark event in Japan–Mongolia relations. The Japanese media covered the imperial couple’s words and deeds every day in newspapers, on TV and … Continue reading
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Guest Post: May Day by Natsagdorj
By Khishigtugs Amarbayasgalan Natsagdorj Dashdorj (1906–1937) is widely regarded as the founder of modern Mongolian literature. Natsagdorj was part of the first generation of Mongolian students sent abroad after the revolution (1921 revolution in Mongolia), and among the earliest to … Continue reading
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Russian-Mongolian Friendship and the Rehabilitation of Tsedenbal and Filatova
By Marissa J. Smith After leading the Mongolian People’s Republic continuously since 1952, Yu. Tsedenbal was dismissed from his office in 1984 while traveling in Moscow (Atwood 2004, 549). Tsedenbal and his Russian wife, Filatova, never returned to Mongolia. However, … Continue reading
Khurelsukh at UN General Assembly
By Julian Dierkes, Alexander Morrow and Anshika Srivastava In 2021, Pres. U Khurelsukh spoke at the UN General Assembly for the first time as president. He has returned every year since then. Unlike his immediate predecessor, Kh Battulga, he is … Continue reading
Guest Post: Mongolian Hoops Dreams — Creation of Soft Power Through Basketball
By Benjamin Nuland Basketball was introduced to Mongolia in the 1960s by the Russians and Chinese. More recently, basketball has become Mongolia’s most popular sport, but Mongolians’ associations are primarily American. This fascination lives under the halo of the NBA … Continue reading
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How Unfortunate: Putin Visits Mongolia
By Julian Dierkes Once again, geopolitical realities are catching up with Mongolia and there is very little the government of Mongolia can do about it, even if it wanted to. Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin will be visiting Ulaanbaatar to commemorate … Continue reading
Guest Post: Mutton and Mahogany: Mongolia’s 62-year Friendship with Laos Continues
By Benjamin Nuland On June 11th 2024, Mongolia welcomed the Laotian president to Sukhbaatar Square for the first time since 2007. Thongloun Sisoulith’s arrival celebrated a 62-year long friendship between Laos and Mongolia and decades of goodwill. In the 1980s … Continue reading
Guest Post: The Thunder Dragon Arrives on Dragon Year: Mongolia and Bhutan Are Just Getting Started
By Benjamin Nuland If I could give an award for Mongolia’s ‘most underestimated relationship’, it must be that with Bhutan. Mongolia’s relationship with Democratic Bhutan began on January 18, 2012, when UN representatives of both nations mutually signed letters of … Continue reading
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