Mongolia recently hosted the annual Ulaanbaatar Dialogue conference to discuss Northeast Asian security. With North and South Korea delegates present together for the first time, the conference presented an opportunity for all member delegates to raise concerns over Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions among other regional cooperation issues.
At first glance, Mongolia seems an unlikely country to host an international dialogue on peace and harmony. As a result of the blood-thirsty depredations of Genghis Khan and his grandson Kublai in the 13th century, Mongolia became the centre of the largest contiguous land empire in the world, stretching from Ukraine in the …read more