Beyond China and Russia: options for Mongolia’s Foreign Policy
A joint online roundtable event with the Institute of International Studies (IIS), Mongolian Academy of Science, hosted by the RSAA
8 May 2024 09.00-12.00 BST Online
Mongolia is an often overlooked player in the international arena due to is geographic encirclement by geopolitical giants China and Russia. This event aims to shine a spotlight on Mongolia’s foreign relations, its policy towards its neighbours and the wider international community. The half-day event will cover a variety of topics including the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Mongolian economy, Buddhist diplomacy, environmental issues, Mongolia’s relationship with the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative and much more.
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Dr Nyamdoljin Adiya – Department of Russian Studies at the IIS, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Dr Adiya is a leading researcher at the IIS focusing on Russia-Mongolia relations.
Dr Zolboo Dashnyam – Director of the IIS, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Dr Dashnyam was appointed as Director in 2018, prior to which he has also served as Head of the Archival Unit at the Cabinet Secretariat of the Mongolian Government, as a researcher at the National Archives of Mongolia and as head of the Mongolian Centre of British Studies NGO.
Dr Thomas White – Lau China Institute, Kings College London
Dr White is a lecturer China and Sustainable Development, from 2022 to 2023 he was a Research Associate at MIASU, on the ESRC-funded project Trading Mongolia’s Sovereign Meat. His research examined the development of Mongolia’s economic and geopolitical relationship with China through the meat and livestock trade.
Dr Dulbaa Altai – Department of Russian Studies at the IIS, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Dr Altai is a historian and has been a senior researcher at the IIS since 2012. Also is 2012 she established the Mongolian Association for Central and Eastern European Studies and has served as its Chairperson since 2017.
Dr Lkhagvademchig Jadamba – Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the National University of Mongolia
Dr Jadamba is is a senior lecturer at the National University of Mongolia and is affiliated to the Centre of International Studies at the University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.
Professor Uradyn Bulag – Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Professor Bulag is a historical and political anthropologist whose focus is on the historical processes through which Mongols have sought to establish their identity and sovereignty in the course of communist and nationalist revolutions, ideological and cultural transformations, and state-orchestrated violence.
