Tag: Mongolia

Mongolia suffers under China’s zero Covid policy (Antonio Graceffo, The Interpreter)

Food shortages, inflation, hundreds of thousands of people without an income, and thousands of shipping containers stuck on the border, not to mention rising...

Another pandemic year, another election for Mongolia (Julian Dierkes, East Asia Forum)

Through a castling move in cabinet and a presidential election, the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) solidified its dominance in 2021. Persistently high COVID-19 infections...

Mongolia weighs up going nuclear (Dimitris Symeonidis, East Asia Forum)

Ukhnaa Khurelsukh enjoyed a landslide victory of 68 per cent of the popular vote in Mongolia’s June 2021 election. In the context of Mongolia’s...

Mongolia’s new president won’t affect ties with Russia (Alexey Mikhalev, Artyom Lukin, East Asia Forum)

In June 2021, Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, the former chairman of the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) and prime minister, became the sixth President of Mongolia. The...

China and Russia step in to assist Mongolia with fuel shortage (Global Times)

Photo: CCTV China and Russia are exporting gasoline to Mongolia on an emergency basis to assist the country to cope an energy supply shortage. China and...

Beneficial ownership in Mongolia: A way forward (Michael Barron, Tim Law, Jake Hartnett, Batsugar Tsedendamba, Amar Adiya, and Ariuntsetseg Jigmeddorj, Brookings)

Beneficial ownership transparency (BOT) is important to build trust and confidence in the integrity of extractive industries, and indeed a country’s entire economy. Demands...

(Mongolia/Russia) This year marks the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Russia

Tsogtbaatar Damdin writes for Valdai Discussion Club: This year marks the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Russia. In today’s world, where only...

USA/Mongolia – Presidential Election in Mongolia (US Department of State)

The United States congratulates the people and government of Mongolia for their successful presidential election on June 9, the eighth such election since Mongolia’s...

(Mongolia) Mongolia’s military diplomacy and geopolitical balance (East Asia Forum)

Jargalsaikhan Mendee, Institute for Defence Studies of Mongolia The Mongolian Armed Forces celebrates its centenary on 18 March 2021. Mongolia regained independence from China one...

(Mongolia/Transparency) Supporting beneficial ownership transparency in Mongolia (Brookings)

Kelsey Landau, Allison Merkel, Victoria Bassetti, Robin J. Lewis, Laura Keen, and Mario Picon https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/02/10/supporting-beneficial-ownership-transparency-in-mongolia/

(Russia/Mongolia) Gazprom creates company in Mongolia for gas pipeline design (TASS)

Gazprom has registered in Mongolia Gazoprovod Soyuz Vostok, a special purpose vehicle to deal with design and survey and the feasibility study for the...

(Mongolia) Mongolia weathers the storms of 2020 (Julian Dierkes, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/01/14/mongolia-weathers-the-storms-of-2020/

MONGOLIA – Mongolia’s economic outlook (Gan-Ochir Doojav, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/31/mongolias-economic-outlook/