Mongolia

South Korea is intensifying its courting of resource-rich Central Asian states such as Kazakhstan and Mongolia.

Joint military counterinsurgency exercises this month are a sign of warming ties between India and Mongolia.

Mongolians have long dismissed their country as a pony between two elephants. But a wealth of natural resources could change that.

With an eye on increasing its energy security, Mongolia looks to boost trade relations with neighbour Russia.

An economic minnow but a geographic titan, Mongolia is of growing strategic interest to both the US and China, writes J Berkshire Miller.

As Russia and China vie for access to its minerals, Mongolia has turned to the US as a counterweight. But is its democracy safe?