Different Diplomatic Strategy Choices Under The Same Geographical Location—a Comparative Study Between Mongolia And Nepal

After the cold war,weak countries affected by the cold war have changed their foreign strategy to adapt to new pattern of international relations.For example,Georgia fell towards the west and chose Westward strategy instead of falling towards Russia.Locating between Russia and China,Mongolia,known as the satellite of soviet in cold war,adopted the Strategy of Power Balance and gradually turned into Neutral Policy instead of close to any country.Locating between India and China,Nepal,which has also been affected by the cold war,is trying to implement the diplomacy which is characteristic of equilibrium between India and China.By summarizing the above phenomenon,there are some questions that how to choose the right strategy to maintain national sovereignty and integrity for smaller countries which is pursuing for national independence? Why do two smaller countries in the same geographic location choosing different strategies?For a country,geographic location affects a country's security strategy.Countries located in the same geographic location often face with similar external security environment,then tend to choose similar strategy.This article has chose two countries in the same geographic location.One is Mongolia,locating between Russia and China.The other is Nepal,locating between India and China.This study examined how these two countries choose foreign strategy in a limited selection space.Through the study and comparison of Mongolia and Nepal,this paper analyzes why the two countries with the same geographical location choose different diplomatic strategies.The study found the reasons including national interests,natural geographical environment,cognitive factors and domestic interests and decision preferences.