Mongolia Today: EIAS Talk with Julian Dierkes

EIAS Talk with Julian Dierkes by Lin Goethals and Alessandra Tamponi

In this EIAS talk with Julian Dierkes we discuss current political transformations in Mongolia, the upcoming 9th of June 2021 Presidential election, the impact of the Constitutional Amendments of 2019, as well as current challenges in Mongolia’s mining sector and its relations with its external partners. 

Dr Julian Dierkes is an associate professor at the Institute of Asian Research (IAR) and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) at the University of British Columbia. In addition, he co-ordinates the IAR Program on Inner Asia. His research interests focus on Mongolia, in particular on democratization processes, political developments, mining policy especially in Mongolia and Digital Diplomacy. He has been teaching on Mongolian politics at Humboldt University in Berlin and has written extensively on Mongolia with publications for the Asia Pacific Memo, East Asia Forum, the FT’s beyond BRICS, and The Diplomat. Since 2011 he has been cooperating with the professional blog Mongolia Focus, and acted as an election observer in several Parliamentary and Presidential elections in Mongolia since 2008. 

Mongolia Today

1. Assessing recent political transformations and developments in Mongolia [0:38,46]
2. The 9th of June 2021 Presidential Elections [1:59,00]
3. Mongolia’s International Foreign Relations [7:10,03] 
4. The 9th of June 2021 Presidential Elections [1:59,00]
5. A changing political landscape and generational shifts [12:35,56]
6. Gender and politics in Mongolia [12:32,66]
7. The 2019 Constitutional Amendments [19:51,53]
8. Natural resources and Mongolia’s mining sector [23:17,70]
9. Opportunities and priorities for cooperation with external partners [26:32,33] 

You can watch the EIAS Talk here: https://youtu.be/MGwPrTXc9iY

Further reading on Mongolia:
The start of a generational turn in Mongolian Politics: What can we expect from L. Oyun-Erdene’s New Cabinet? 
Mongolia’s 2050 Vision of the Future
The EU-Mongolia Economic Partnership: The Mining Sector and Beyond