Letters: Mongolia's Courage - WSJ.com: "Messrs. Diamond, Fukuyama, and Krasner are correct to question many American commentators' often unrealistic expectations for those Asian states—whether one-time Soviet republics or client states such as Mongolia—struggling to emerge from a shared history of strongmen, emperors, and Soviet-style dictatorship ("Mongolia's Next Challenge," op-ed, Sept. 25). Mongolia is a tiny, landlocked nation wedged between China and Russia, and the country is not exactly teeming with George Washingtons or Alexander Hamiltons. Despite these handicaps, Mongolia enjoys a sometimes chaotic, but fundamentally robust democracy and could stand as an example for its neighbors in Central Asia as they too make a transition towards more representative government."
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