蒙古國防武力與區域強權

Mongolia Defense Forces and Regional Powers

蒙古地形自西北往東南方向呈現由高至低的走勢，對南邊的中國形成居高瞰制的有利態勢，自古以來對中國形成極大的邊境威脅。1990年代以後，蒙古在國際關係層面採取中立的立場，地緣位置雖然處於俄羅斯與中國的緩衝地帶，但是對緊鄰的兩個強國維持平衡的外交關係。此外，蒙古也積極發展與高度開發國家建立雙邊和多邊合作關係的第三鄰國戰略，尋求可以倚賴的第三勢力，這項雙軌進行的戰略成為蒙古外交政策的主軸。

Mongolia's geography from northwest to southeast shows atrend from high to low, and occupying acommanding position to the China. Before the 17th century, China faced threat from Mongolia alongside the border for several centuries. Since the 1990s, Mongolia has taken aneutral position of international relations, maintaining balanced diplomatic relations with the two neighboring powers, despite its geographical position in the buffer zone between Russia and China. In addition, Mongolia is actively developing the third neighbor strategy to establish bilateral and multilateral cooperation with highly developed countries, seeking athird force on which it can rely, atwo-track strategy that has become the main axis of Mongolia's foreign policy.