Elliott School of International Affairs

The Mongolia Society Panels and Events

Saturday, October 17, 2015

George Washington University

Elliott School of International Affairs

1957 E Street, NW

Washington, DC, 20052

The Mongolia Society will be meeting in conjunction with the 16th Annual conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) at George Washington University in Washington, DC, on Saturday, October 17, 2015. This event has received generous support from the US-Asia Institute of Washington DC. The Mongolia Society meeting is free and open to the public. The CESS conference will be October 15-18, 2015. If you wish to participate in the CESS conference too, CESS registration fees apply. CESS conference program: http://www.centraleurasia.org/annual-meeting

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Morning Session

Elliott School of International Affairs Room, B12

9:00 am Opening Remarks:

Alicia Campi, President, The Mongolia Society

Cynthia Werner, Texas University, and CESS past president

Mary Sue Bissell, Vice President and Executive Director, US-Asia Institute

H.E. Altangerel Bulgaa, Mongolian Ambassador to the United States

Panel: 25 Years of Democracy

Chair: Christopher Atwood (Indiana University)

Panelists: Tamir Chultemsuren (National University of Mongolia), “Mass demonstration and regime change in socialist Mongolia: Galactic policy against radial polity;” Joseph E. Lake (US Ambassador to Mongolia, retired) and Mr. Michael Allen Lake (Independent Scholar), “Yaks on the Runway: Frontier Diplomacy Between the US and Mongolia 1988-1992;” Ts. Batbayar (Mongolian Ambassador to Cuba), “Foreign Policy Agenda of Mongolia: Summing up 25 Years of Experience;” Alicia Campi, “25 Years of Mongolian Democracy—Trends;” Dr. Sharad K Soni (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India), “Twenty Five Years of Mongolian Democracy: Gauging the Extent of its Success.”

Afternoon Sessions

Elliott School of International Affairs Room, B12

2:15 pm Panel: Issues of Mongolian Democracy

Chair: Alicia Campi

Panelists: Telmuun Zorig, (Government of Mongolia), “How Can We Define Modern Mongolian Identity and Preserve Nomadic Culture?;” Dr. S. Battulga (National University of Mongolia), “How Choice Influences Benefit or Efficiency in “Democracy”: An Example from Mongolian Kazakh Society;” Khishigsuren Dorj (Ulaanbaatar University), “Focus on Language under Illumination of Democracy;” Saruul-Erdene Myagmar (Foreign Service Institute of the US State Department), “Latin Mongolian Script Class Taught at KUTV.”

4:00 pm Panel: Mining Issues

Chair: TBA

Panelists: Edma Khishigdelger (Virginia International University), “Mongolia's Mining Industry Evolution (1990-2015);” Gabriel Bamana, (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), “Ecological and Moral Resistance to Mining Activities in Mongolia;” Ariunbuuvei Namsrai (Independent Scholar), “Mongolian mining boom and new security issues in Mongolia.”

6:30-8:30 pm Reception following the panels.

Sponsored by: The Mongolia Society and the US-Asia Institute. A special thanks to Marlene Laruelle, Maureen Pritchard and CESS for allowing us to meet with them.

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