Comments on: The Central Asia Beat, July 21-28 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/07/27/the-central-asia-beat-july-21-28/ American Foreign Policy Analysis in Central Asia Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:27:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: bboyd http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/07/27/the-central-asia-beat-july-21-28/#comment-890 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:22:56 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/07/27/the-central-asia-beat-july-21-28/#comment-890 Dear Josh, It's a Lovely Format and it should be called the Foust Format in perpetuity. Another reason it works is that blogs like <a href="www.conjecturer.com" rel="nofollow">The Conjecturer </a>and Registan.net and many others have worked to bring forward all the news that can be brought forward out of Central Asia.  This seems to be the best way for me to get more of it into view.   So THANKS. Tell you what though--it takes hours to do this. Don't know how you do it every day. In re: Mongolia/DPRK, I don't quite understand it either, but I presume that Mongolia has convenient connections with China and Russia, also Japan, for sub rosa conversations. Also, whatever Mongolia might do with refugees, it decreases some pressure that China does not decrease in re: refugees, and since they are so quiet there are no problems with saving face, et cetera. That's a guess. Bonnie Dear Josh,
It’s a Lovely Format and it should be called the Foust Format in perpetuity. Another reason it works is that blogs like The Conjecturer and Registan.net and many others have worked to bring forward all the news that can be brought forward out of Central Asia.  This seems to be the best way for me to get more of it into view.  

So THANKS.

Tell you what though–it takes hours to do this. Don’t know how you do it every day.

In re: Mongolia/DPRK, I don’t quite understand it either, but I presume that Mongolia has convenient connections with China and Russia, also Japan, for sub rosa conversations. Also, whatever Mongolia might do with refugees, it decreases some pressure that China does not decrease in re: refugees, and since they are so quiet there are no problems with saving face, et cetera. That’s a guess.

Bonnie

]]> by: Joshua Foust http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/07/27/the-central-asia-beat-july-21-28/#comment-887 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:21:25 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/07/27/the-central-asia-beat-july-21-28/#comment-887 See, the format is catching on :-) But I wonder about Mongolia's relationship with the DPRK. It's no secret they play an active and positive role in the underground railroad of North East Asia, providing sanctuary and a permissive environment for smuggling North Korean refugees out of China. Does Pyongyang know about this, but realizes it's under the radar enough to where it can focus on other considerations? Does it not care? That strikes me as a mystery. See, the format is catching on :-)

But I wonder about Mongolia’s relationship with the DPRK. It’s no secret they play an active and positive role in the underground railroad of North East Asia, providing sanctuary and a permissive environment for smuggling North Korean refugees out of China. Does Pyongyang know about this, but realizes it’s under the radar enough to where it can focus on other considerations? Does it not care? That strikes me as a mystery.

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