KHAZARIA: LESSONS LEARNED FOR MONGOLIA?

Abstract

millennium ago the Turkic Khaganate of Khazaria on the Northern shores of the Black- and Caspian Seas detached itself from its neighbours by following a ‘Third Way’. This resulted in destruction of the empire. The lesson learned for present- day Mongolia: stay close to your neighbours, but do this in different issue areas: spread the dependencies. At the same time: employ a consistent and professional diplomacy in order to deal with the Near Abroad, as well as with the Far Abroad: the world at large. Combine regionalization with globalization on the basis of well-managed internal political and economic structures in order to safeguard the de-facto and de-jure independence and sovereignty of the Mongolian State.