The Mongolian “Hoop Dream” — Creation of American Soft Power Through Basketball
“Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you.” – Michael Jordan Introduction Recent years have seen the slow erosion of US influence i...
Author: Benjamin Nuland
Benjamin M. Nuland is a Yale University sophomore from Shanghai China currently studying Global History and International Relations with a concentration in East and Central Asian regions. After completing the Direct Studies Program last year, he was awarded the Harold Topol Silliman Grant and the Summer Experience Award to conduct research on the 2024 Mongolian parliamentary election, under the guidance of Professor Arne Westad (Yale) and Professor Julian Dierkes (UBC). He is a co-founder of Yale’s Asian Jewish Union, and a board member of Asian Crossroads at Yale (organization for Central Asian students).
Martians in the Gobi: Mongolia’s New Approach to Space Policy
Introduction In March, Mongolia was welcomed into the international space community by successfully sending two nanosatellites, Ondosat-Owl-1 and Ondosat-Owl-2,...