SSJ Friends,
On behalf of YCAPS, I'm pleased to invite you to this webinar on Mongolia-Japan-US relations featuring former Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia.

Best regards,
John

*Mongolia Connect (via Zoom)*
*A Conversation with Elbegdorj Tsakhia, the former **President and **Prime Minister of Mongolia*

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*Saturday, 22 May, 2021, 09:00 am (UB), 10:00am (Japan)*
*Friday, 21 May, 2021 9:00pm (Washington DC)*
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Mongolia, Japan, and the US have constructed strategic partnerships built on mutual understanding and a shared pursuit of global and regional peace and security, the protection of human rights, freedom of speech, national independence, and territorial integrity. The partnerships recognize that Mongolia-Japan-US ties have grown stronger and closer based on common strategic interests, shared democratic values, good governance, principles of sovereignty, and respect for human rights and that there is a mutual interest in cooperating more closely to ensure peace, security, and stability in the region. Mongolia established strategic partnerships with Japan (2010) and the United States (2019).

In this upcoming webinar we will discuss how these partnerships have progressed and what we think their trajectory may be for the future. President Elbegdorj will provide his perspective on Mongolia-Japan-US relations while reflecting on both the challenges and accomplishments of the recent past. He will then take your questions.

To register, please go to:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqfu6sqz4qH9OVFXIcJyq22HyAt9N6V9Mt <https://ycaps.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5bbded1a549a2f9859b47b53e&id=2ed01aae92&e=7fad9bffe5>
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*Webinar Cost*: Free of charge

*Co-sponsor*: American Center for Mongolian Studies <https://ycaps.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5bbded1a549a2f9859b47b53e&id=c7ce606824&e=7fad9bffe5> (ACMS), Institute for Contemporary Asian Studies <https://ycaps.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5bbded1a549a2f9859b47b53e&id=c296a5322d&e=7fad9bffe5> (ICAS), Japan-US Military Program <https://ycaps.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5bbded1a549a2f9859b47b53e&id=f00e3fd045&e=7fad9bffe5> (JUMP)
Please send questions for President Elbegdorj to info@ycaps.org <mailto:info@ycaps.org> by 15 May.
*Moderator*: Nicholas Millward, YCAPS President

*Biography:* President Elbegdorj Tsakhia is a public servant, a freedom fighter, and a policymaker from Mongolia. In 1990, he was one of the key leaders of the Mongolian Democratic Revolution and since then have continuously served Mongolia as a Member of Parliament four times, Prime Minister two times, and was elected President for two terms. Born in the isolated Western Mongolia as the youngest of eight sons from a humble traditional nomadic beginning he has worked as a machinist in a copper mine, a soldier and a journalist in the army newspaper.

As Prime Minister, Member of Parliament, and President, Mr.Elbegdorj prioritized strengthening the rule of law in Mongolia, fostering social justice, fighting poverty, combating corruption, supporting environmental sustainability, and advancing active participatory democracy. He has also initiated and led many social, economic, and governance reforms.

Aiming to consolidate democracy in Asia, Mr.Elbegdorj established the Asian Partnership for Democracy initiative within the confines of the Community of Democracies, the largest international organization that drives the global democracy agenda which Mongolia presided in 2011-2013. Under the chairmanship of Community of Democracies, Elbegdorj developed a plan on promoting civil society and advocating women's rights, particularly political rights.

Currently, Mr. Elbegdorj is continuing his work to improve public policy, governance, and democracy through the Elbegdorj Institute, a think tank he found in 2008. During his tenure as President, he also focused on the impacts of climate change, air and soil pollution, the most significant public health issues in the capital of Mongolia. Through his Green Belt Foundation, he continues this work as well by bringing together multi-stakeholders to find novel solutions to these challenges. He also supports Mongolian studies and aims to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Mongolia successfully.

Mr. Elbegdorj is now Commissioner of International Commission against Death Penalty (ICDP), Patron of the World Sustainable Development Forum (WSDF) and Member of World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid.

Mr. Elbegdorj holds Master of Public Administration from Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government (2002) and bachelor's degree in Journalism from Land Forces Military Academy of Lviv of former USSR (1988).