No. 161: Russia and Mongolia

Author(s): Yury Kruchkin, Matthew Kupfer, Jeff Reeves
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 161
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2015

Jeff Reeves assesses Mongolia's motivations for deepening ties with Russia at a time when Moscow's foreign policy has many former Soviet Bloc states concerned, arguing that for Ulan Bator a strong and assertive Russia is seen as preferable for counterbalancing China. Secondly, Yury Kruchkin analyses recent Mongolian political and economic developments, and suggests that Russian diplomacy and business has failed to take advantage of opportunities to develop relations in the past, although many possibilities remain open for Russian small and medium businesses. Thirdly, Matthew Kupfer considers the growing economic ties between Mongolia and the Russian Federation's Republic of Tuva, outlining that these development should be seen as an example of how other southern Siberian border regions could use cultural commonalities to develop greater economic ties with Mongolia.

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