Relationship dossier
Mongolia
United States
Relationship assessment
Mongolia and the United States maintain a sustained strategic partnership spanning development and security cooperation.
Mongolia toward United States
+55Mongolia has pursued defense and security cooperation with the United States, including participation in U.S.-led coalition operations and joint exercises such as Khaan Quest. The two governments formalized a strategic partnership in 2019.
United States toward Mongolia
+55The United States has supported Mongolian development through Millennium Challenge Corporation compacts and has built defense and security cooperation with Mongolia. The governments formalized a strategic partnership in 2019.
Overall relationship
+55The bilateral relationship combines sustained economic development assistance with strategic and security cooperation. Major Millennium Challenge Corporation compacts and the 2019 strategic partnership give the relationship substantive institutional and practical foundations.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Mongolia and the United States have developed a sustained strategic partnership, including economic development assistance and defense cooperation. Mongolia has contributed to U.S.-led and international security efforts, while the United States has supported Mongolian development through major Millennium Challenge Corporation compacts. The relationship is an important element of Mongolia’s policy of cultivating partners beyond its immediate neighbors.
Key developments
Mongolia and the United States established diplomatic relations.
The governments formalized a strategic partnership.
The United States and Mongolia entered a second Millennium Challenge Corporation compact focused on water supply.
Mongolia and the United States have conducted the Khaan Quest multinational military exercise.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of current economic and security cooperation are unclear.