America’s Prosperity and Asia’s Prosperity Are Inseparable by Daniel Russel Last November, as I was traveling traveling through Asia with Secretary Kerry and President Obama, I blogged about the many points of progress that have resulted from our Rebalance to Asia policy, from burgeoning trade and investment figures to strengthened alliance and security partnerships, and ... Read More»

On January 22, the Mongolian Association of the State Alumni’s (MASA) first Distinguished Speaker Program for the 2015 was held at the Blue Sky Hotel in Ulaanbaatar. Organized in question and answer format, the program was attended by almost 300 alumni of the Mongolian U.S. Alumni Network (MASA), the alumni of the Mongolian Young Leaders ... Read More»

The White House is making the full text of the State of the Union widely available on its Medium page. The text, as prepared for delivery, is now online HERE , along with tools that allow people to follow along with the speech as they watch in real time, to view charts and infographics on key ... Read More»

On January 7, Apichai Shipper, the Asia Regional Studies Chair at the Foreign Service Institute, landed in Ulaanbaatar for a weeklong tour of Mongolia.  As part of his trip, Dr. Shipper met with deans and senior faculty and gave lectures to students at the Graduate School of the University of the Humanities’ School of Foreign ... Read More»

Students from the American University of Mongolia’s Access Microscholarship program brought holiday cheer to some of the city sanitation employees that work hard each day in the freezing cold to keep the city of Ulaanbaatar clean. On December 25, students delivered hot food and drink donated by Bangkok Restaurant to the employees in the downtown area ... Read More»