Mendee Jargalsaikhan

University of British Columbia | UBC · Department of Political Science

Mongolia has three options: 1) riding the Chinese high-speed train; 2) accommodating Russia’s interests; and 3) embracing Japanese geopolitics. It needs to exploit all three, but it should keep its heated domestic politics out of major economic projects. Russia is pressuring it to become an SCO member, to join in the Eurasian Economic Union, to rej...

This paper examines the full cycle of political power transitions and the dynamics of party competition during the 2016 parliamentary and 2017 presidential elections in Mongolia. It argues that the existence of multiple interlinked patronage networks and factionalism explains the persistence of the electoral democracy in Mongolia. The article focus...

More than twenty experts from all over the world take a look at one of the most mysterious and vibrant regions when it comes to intelligence and organised crime: East Asia. Scientists, journalists and practitioners describe the reasons for current developments and analyse future problems – not only for East Asia, but for Western intelligence and po...

This article presents a small state's perspectives on military socialization by examining military interactions at political and strategic, operational, and tactical as well as educational tiers. Transnational military socialization creates learning and socializing environments for militaries.However, the transnational military socialization proces...

While the history of the Mongolian military dates back several thousand years, the contribution of the Mongolian Armed Forces to international peace support operations has gained significant momentum only in recent years. Since the first deployment of two military officers as United Nations military observers to the Democratic Republic of Congo in...

Thesis (M.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2000. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-68). AD-A377 641. Photocopy. s