MONGOLIA | Turning Towards the West?

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They have no choice, they are sandwiched between Russia and China. It’s like asking if the Navajo Nation in the American Southwest has a choice turning towards China or Russia.

Mongolia turning towards the West? That would be a big steppe.

Did you know that today is election day in Mongolia? Chances are you didn’t. It doesn’t get much attention. However, while the country is largely ignored by the international media, behind the scenes, policymakers from Russia, China, and the West are engaged in a battle to strengthen their ties to the strategically vital country. So, do you think that it is shifting towards the West? More to the point, if relations sour between Russia and China, which side would it take? As always, I look forward to your thoughts and comments.

Mongolia isn't talked about too much, but I am always impressed by their presidential guard's drip.

I'm sure Mongolia just wants to be left alone lol

I could never imagine that Mongolia would be discussed on current geopolitics channels. Great job, Professor!

I was in Mongolia 🇲🇳 exactly 2 weeks ago. It was my first visit to this mysterious, remote, and beautiful country. I noticed a contrast there; some places including the airport and the center of Ulaanbaatar are incredibly modern while many other places are truly under developed. From the small size of the airport, albeit modern, you can tell that not many people go there. It's a gorgeous country but the tourism infrastructure there maybe has a room to grow. About switching sides, I don't think the geography of Mongolia will allow them to move away from Russia and China. There're deep historical ties between them and Russia and China, especially Russia. Many Mongolians still speak Russian to this day even thougu the Soviet Union was dissolved more than 30 years ago. In my opinion, I think it's wise for smaller countries surrounded by super powers such as Mongolia, Ukraine, or Central Asian republics to remain neutral and to keep good relations with their immediate neighbours first and the rest of the world second. Simply put, you can't escape geography :-)

Mongolia is basically surrounded by China and Russia, and is landlocked. It would be suicide for Mongolia to align itself with the West in confrontation with China and Russia.

As like most countries, Mongolia don't want to go into unnecessary direct conflict with the US or the west but they won't side with the US nor the west. They will still work with the US and the west whenever it's beneficial for both. It is a grand wishful thinking that they will side with the US. It simply just won't happen. Same goes for most countries.

The best tell tell sign. Mongolia is one of the few mainland East Asian countries helping N Korean escapees going straight to S Korea.

Everybody gangsta until Mongolia starts making “historical claims”

Mongolia is going to have to follow the Swiss model. Neutrality, essential products/services, and a defense policy that doesn't make it worth it to touch them.

This is what I love about your channel. You cover place all around the world and countries and issues that don’t normally get global attention. I never see anything about Mongolia in the news

In that case, China and Russia just have to close their air space and land route to Mongolia. Good luck to their rocketry or tunnel digging technology

I just got back from visiting Mongolia last week. Beautiful country and people.

The World is North, East, South and West. So, don't choose sides. You choose one side and you loose 3 other sides. Steer your own course

Stay Neutral and enjoy your beautiful Country. Choose one side and everything will turn upside down.

IIRC the Stalin and Krushchev repeatedly turned down Mongolian offers to become a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, they didn't want to risk conflict with Japan and China and preferred a buffer state. It was the Soviets that secured western recognition of Mongolian independence from China and that wasn't until Yalta, it was one of Stalin's conditions. Mongolia is in an unenviable position geographically and economically. Its dependence on resource extraction means exports rely on friendly rail transport through either Russia or China. And that means it's tgemird neighbour policy will always struggle. As to Sino-Russian relations I wouldn't categorise them as getting closer, in many ways they are moving apart commercially. What we are seeing is a rebalancing as China seeks to exploit Russian weakness as I said would happen when the current unpleasantness started.

How exactly does Mongolia turn? It's literally stuck.