Mongolia's ties with NATO
Close links between Mongolia and NATO are a step forward for Mongolia to implement its "thirdneighbor" policy of building ties with partners other than neighboring Russia and China,analysts said.
The links also came amid the strategic shift of NATO and the United States toward the Asia-Pacific, analysts said.
Mongolia attended the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday, with the IndividualPartnership and Cooperation Program status for the first time.
In March, Mongolia and NATO signed their first bilateral cooperation program under NATO'snew policy of developing more flexible partnerships with countries that engages significantlywith international security affairs. Under the program, Mongolia will cooperate with NATO insecurity, disaster prevention and personnel training and exchange.
Since the Cold War ended, Mongolia has been focusing on strengthening cooperation withWestern countries and major international bodies, under the "third neighbor" policy tocounterbalance the pressure of lying between two neighboring powers, China and Russia, saidZhang Xiaoming, a professor at the School of International Studies with Peking University.
The most-prominent third neighbors have been the US, the European Union, Canada, Japanand South Korea, Julian Dierkes, an Asian studies expert from the University of BritishColumbia, was quoted by East Asia Forum as saying.
NATO could help Washington accelerate its shifting strategic emphasis to the Asia-Pacific bygrowing toward the East, said Zhai Dequan, deputy secretary-general of the China ArmsControl and Disarmament Association.
China Daily
The links also came amid the strategic shift of NATO and the United States toward the Asia-Pacific, analysts said.
Mongolia attended the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday, with the IndividualPartnership and Cooperation Program status for the first time.
In March, Mongolia and NATO signed their first bilateral cooperation program under NATO'snew policy of developing more flexible partnerships with countries that engages significantlywith international security affairs. Under the program, Mongolia will cooperate with NATO insecurity, disaster prevention and personnel training and exchange.
Since the Cold War ended, Mongolia has been focusing on strengthening cooperation withWestern countries and major international bodies, under the "third neighbor" policy tocounterbalance the pressure of lying between two neighboring powers, China and Russia, saidZhang Xiaoming, a professor at the School of International Studies with Peking University.
The most-prominent third neighbors have been the US, the European Union, Canada, Japanand South Korea, Julian Dierkes, an Asian studies expert from the University of BritishColumbia, was quoted by East Asia Forum as saying.
NATO could help Washington accelerate its shifting strategic emphasis to the Asia-Pacific bygrowing toward the East, said Zhai Dequan, deputy secretary-general of the China ArmsControl and Disarmament Association.
China Daily
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