Abstract
Despite multiple interactions between the United States and Mongolia over the course of 70 years, a formal relationship was not established until 1987. Much of that delay was because U.S.-Mongolian relations often took a backseat to other strategic interests including relations with China and the Soviet Union. Three years after the normalization of relations, a visit by Secretary of State Baker strengthened the relationship by raising the Third Neighbor concept, providing a strategic framework for future relations between the two nations. Drawing on the memories and memoirs of the American, Mongolian, Japanese, and Russian diplomats; and declassified records from the CIA and the State Department this paper provides insights and perspectives on the haphazard path that led to diplomatic recognition in the waning days of the Cold War. It also identifies challenges for Mongolia dating back to 1688 resonate in the post-2022 international dynamic.
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Michael Allen Lake, Independent Scholar, United States
Joseph E. Lake, Independent Scholar, United States
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Conference: ACAS2023
Stream: Central Asian Studies
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Lake M., & Lake J. (2023) The Takhi, The Bear, The Dragon, and The Eagle: Mongolia’s Historic Foreign Policy Challenges ISSN: 2187-4735 The Asian Conference on Asian Studies 2023: Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2187-4735.2023.9
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2187-4735.2023.9
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