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For the presentation I discussed how the most pressing issue in Mongolia was that of the Ukraine war. The Ukraine was very much an issue for all of the world right now. but Mongolia in particular is impacted in many ways by the war. Mongolia is landlocked and sandwiched between Russia and China. This puts …
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Genocide is by no means new to Mongolia, in the 1930s a genocide of Buddhist Monks took place. The genocide was due to the soviet ties and Stalin’s staunch anti-religious sentiments. These were essentially an extension of the Stalinist purges that occurred across the Soviet Union (Washington Times 2001). It is believed 20000 people died …
Human rights in Mongolia have long been an interesting issue, and in general they are viewed as being a much more democratic and fair country than their neighbors China and Russia. While they do deserve that reputation, Mongolia still seems to struggle with issues of human rights, and the pandemic brought to light what some …
Wade Davis considers endangered cultures to be cultures that are down to just a handful o individuals whose lifestyle and language are getting displaced by the worldwide growth of more modern technologies and dominant languages such as English forcing indigenous peoples to learn a different language than their own so that they can participate in …
Mongolia has had a long history of being colonized or at least being a satellite region for other countries, despite this or perhaps because of it, Mongolia also has a history of nationalism. The largest and most persistent form of which is pan-mongolism(Fijn 2017). Pan-Mongolism has existed for over 100 years and has gone through …
Firstly, I would like to say this was originally supposed to be my first blog post however I ended up doing them in reverse order. This post is just an introduction to the country of Mongolia itself. Mongolia is a relatively large country area wise in northeast Asia nestled between China to the south and …
Henry Axon – October 6, 2022 As the war between Ukraine and Russia rages on, just about everyone on earth is feeling the impacts economically and politically. The country of Mongolia is certainly no exception. Nestled directly between China to the South and Russia to the north, Mongolia inevitably is at the very least indirectly …
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