Mongolia
August 26th, 2013
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting look at Mongolia through the lens of the development of a two-lane highway through the rural countryside: The braided hard-packed dirt roads of Mongolia are a feature of the country’s high steppes, the result of rain and mud forcing drivers to find alternative routes up and down long […]
Read more »Why Hasn’t Mongolia Developed Stronger Ties with Kazakhstan?
August 18th, 2013
Via The Diplomat, an interesting report on Mongolia’s regional alliance strategy: Since 1990, Mongolia has pursued a multidirectional foreign policy, forging strong ties with such global players as the United States, European Union, Japan, South Korea and India. This so-called “third neighbor policy” has given Mongolia much greater reach than might be expected as a […]
Read more »Mongolian Investor Heads For North Korea
July 4th, 2013
Via Business News Europe, an interesting article on a new venture aimed at North Korea: A small yet bold Mongolian firm is preparing to launch a new oil enterprise in North Korea. It’s an unlikely pairing, but the firm is betting it has the key ingredients to make such an unlikely gamble pay. As Mongolia […]
Read more »The Colonel Arrives In Mongolia: KFC In Ulaanbaatar
May 29th, 2013
Via Huffington Post, a report on American fast food’s arrival to Mongolia: Mongolia, a land once synonymous with isolation and rural hardship, is at the beginning of a transformation. Newly tapped mines beneath the Gobi desert and elsewhere, rich in copper, coal and gold, have resulted in a surge of wealth that has brought electricity, […]
Read more »James Passin: The American Who Bought Mongolia
May 18th, 2013
Via Bloomberg BusinessWeek, an interesting look at Mongolia: The Mongolian Stock Exchange occupies a single room inside a gray building that once housed a children’s movie theater, just off Sükhbaatar Square in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. On any given day, it’s quieter than the nearby National Library, as 20 or so traders in cubicles […]
Read more »Mongolia: Growing Pains?
April 9th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, an updated look at Mongolia’s economic performance of late: As I suspect others with a professional interest in Mongolia’s transition to democracy and capitalism have found, the country seems to attract attention in a predictable cycle. On the up side, some peripatetic journalist based in Beijing with time to kill discovers the […]
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