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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s clear goal is to re-establish as much of the Russian Empire (1721-1917) as he can. At its greatest extent, the Russian Empire included the territories of the old Soviet Union, most of Eastern Europe, Finland and Alaska (up to 1866). Mr. Putin knows the next U.S. president is unlikely to be [...]

Yoo Hyung Geum opened Mongol School to educate the children of migrant workers from Mongolia and to restore their hope and future. Many Mongolian migrant workers bring their children when they move to South Korea to work. Culturally, it is more important for Mongolian children to live with their parents than to continue their education [...]

Mongolia is a landlocked country encircled by two neighbors – China and Russia. Now the quintessentially Asian democracy is feeling increasingly uncomfortable with this geostrategic reality and actively seeking what it calls a “third neighbor.” On Monday, a senior Mongolian government official announced that his country finally has found such a third neighbor, the Vienna-based [...]

A U.S. supercomputer laboratory engaged in classified military research concluded a recent deal involving Chinese-made components that is raising concerns in Congress about potential electronic espionage. The concerns are based on a contract reached this summer between a computer-technology firm and the National Center for Computational Engineering at the University of Tennessee, whose supercomputers simulate [...]

Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj was a Soviet Red Army draftee studying in Ukraine in the early 1980s when he first heard reports that America’s president, Ronald Reagan, had given a speech calling the Soviet Union an “evil empire.” Mr. Elbegdorj was among the millions living under totalitarian rule who were inspired by Mr. Reagan‘s anti-communist [...]

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates met with China’s Minister of Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie last week at the ASEAN defense ministers conference. Although the specifics of their agenda were unknown, China’s aggression and arrogance this year means there should have been no lack of talking points. Certainly, China’s unprecedented military buildup along with its [...]

Может ли у Китая однажды оказаться больше ядерных боеголовок, чем у Соединенных Штатов или России? Как бы невероятно это ни звучало, так вполне может получиться. Китай сейчас, возможно, вступает в период быстрого наращивания ядерных сил. Он может начать прибавлять к ним десятки новых ракет, в то время как администрация Обамы строит планы по дальнейшему сокращению [...]

It is late June, but a biting north wind has swept in from the Siberian steppe, driving temperatures down by 40 degrees and bringing an icy drizzle that chills the skin. Bundled in an inadequate cloth coat, Khavdal Khurman stoops behind a makeshift mine piling with a small sack, sifting through the detritus for a [...]