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The Global Spectacle of Netflix’s 3 Body Problem
Liu Cixin’s 刘慈欣 2006 novel, The Three-Body Problem 三体, first found a global audience through the publication of Ken Liu’s English translation in 2014. The novel, the first in a... …
Guest Comment: Mongolia’s Democratic Party Gambit into Government
By Sugar Munkhtsooj The Mongolian parliamentary elections of 2024, the first since constitutional amendments increased the number of parliamentarians from 76 to 126, concluded in June with results that largely …
The Risks of Japan’s Aging Democracy
Does an aging population affect economic policy, and by extension, undermine trust in the democratic political system?
CWGP and National Coalition Results
By Julian Dierkes Beyond the DP’s success, the second great surprise (to me) of the election results was that the Civil Will Green Party re-entered parliament with four seats and …
Guest Post: Mongolian Participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
By Zorig Bat-Erdene Mongolia completed its participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games from July 26 to August 11, 2024. A total of 32 athletes competed in 9 different sports: …
Guest Post: A free but not a Fair Election: It Was All About Money
By Bat-Orgil Altankhuyag, Batkhishig Gankhuyag Mongolia recently conducted its tenth competitive election since 1990 in June 2024 (the first multi-party elections). In general, various electoral observation reports, including the one …
Observing Election Day: Bulgan and Orkhon Aimags
By Julian Dierkes During the five days leading up to the election we had driven through Tov, Arkhangai and Khuvsgul, visiting polling stations and campaign offices along the way. We …
A New Dawn for Afghanistan’s Mes Aynak Copper Mine?
With a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the start of work on an access road, the Taliban and China aim to get the Mes Aynak project underway again.
Germany Is Phasing out Chinese Tech From 5G Networks. Is It the Right Call?
Germany’s decision to exclude ZTE and Huawei parts from its 5G networks stems from geopolitical anxieties and strategic concerns.
Guest Post: Mutton and Mahogany: Mongolia’s 62-year Friendship with Laos Continues
By Benjamin Nuland On June 11th 2024, Mongolia welcomed the Laotian president to Sukhbaatar Square for the first time since 2007. Thongloun Sisoulith’s arrival celebrated a 62-year long friendship between …
Observing Election Day: Erdenet City
By Benjamin Nuland and Marissa J. Smith In the week leading up to election day on June 28, Julian and Benjamin observed 10 polling stations in constituency 4 (Khuvsgul, Bulgan, …
New to Ulaanbaatar June-July 2024
By Julian Dierkes I’ve been keeping lists of things that are arriving to/disappearing from central Ulaanbaatar: August 2023 | May 2023 | November 2022 | August 2022 | December 2019 …
Shifting Models of Sovereignty in the Pacific
The ambiguous and evolving status of the Cook Islands and Niue holds lessons for other Pacific powers.
Double Deel Direct
By Julian Dierkes As Bulgan B recently pointed out to me, every member of PM Oyun-Erdene’s new cabinet is an MP! Maybe not surprising for many parliamentary democracies, but this …
Japan Warms up to NATO
Nothing can substitute Japan’s collective defense with the United States, but working with a multilateral bloc such as NATO is an important effort to bolster deterrence.
With or Without Opening? Previewing China’s Third Plenum Reforms
Without efforts to revive market confidence, Beijing’s broader reform agenda could falter.
China’s Third Plenum Shines Light on Center-Local Fiscal Challenges
China watchers should temper their expectations and anticipate incremental changes building off of existing policy rather than deep reform.
PM Oyun-Erdene’s Multi-Party Cabinet
By Marissa J. Smith After each winning shares of seats in the election, the MPP, DP, and KhUN signed a cooperation agreement to form a “grand coalition.” (The Civil Will …
Finance is No Longer the Darling Career in Xi Jinping’s New Economic Order
As China shifts its focus from finance to technology, the ripple effects are profound and far-reaching.
Guest Post: The Thunder Dragon Arrives on Dragon Year: Mongolia and Bhutan Are Just Getting Started
By Benjamin Nuland If I could give an award for Mongolia’s ‘most underestimated relationship’, it must be that with Bhutan. Mongolia’s relationship with Democratic Bhutan began on January 18, 2012, …
DP Results
By Julian Dierkes To me, the success of the DP was one of the surprises of the June 28 election. To my surprise, the DP soared to claim one third …
Why the Panchen Lama Matters
The Panchen Lamas and Dalai Lamas consider themselves “spiritual friends,” but the relationship between the two figures and their communities has hardly been smooth.
The Manner Coffee Case: Trending Terms, Income Inequality, and China’s Private Sector
A recent Baidu trending search term reveals Beijing’s continued efforts to suppress the private sector.
The Fallout of Russia’s Veto and Putin’s North Korea Visit
The impact of the fall of the UN Panel of Experts and how Australia should respond to Russia’s increasing closeness to North Korea.
A New Chinese Buoy Is Causing Concern in Japan
Tokyo says a Chinese ship placed a small buoy in the Shikoku Basin along Japan's southern continental shelf. Beijing says it is for tsunami observation.