Thirty years after the fall of communism and the transition to democracy in Mongolia, fears of potential democratic backsliding in the country have begun to surface, especially in a region where authoritarian influence looms large. The Mongolian government has failed to address critical issues such as increasing socioeconomic inequality and corruption, while the country’s political […]

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 4th Oxford Interdisciplinary Desert Conference 8-9 June 2017 School for Geography and the Environment University of Oxford https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/events/deserts/ Email: deserts@ouce.ox.ac.uk   Deserts and drylands encompass 40% of the globe and shelter two billion people. Arid regions are home to the major religions, valued natural resources, scarcity, wealth and poverty, and face issues that […]