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Politics Highlights
Politics The Price of Deterrence
Iran spent $100M launching 320 weapons at Israel. The coalition spent $1.35B stopping them. The attack was intercepted. The economics were not.
Politics The Monuments Presidents Make — and the Ones They Take Away
141 national monuments. 112 years. The Antiquities Act was supposed to protect the land. It became the most powerful land-use tool in American politics.
Politics Mongolia's Corruption Score Has Fallen for a Decade. The Coal Scandal Explains Why.
Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index shows Mongolia peaked at 39 in 2014, then slid to 31 by 2025 — 11 points below the global average. The 2022 coal theft scandal marked the steepest fall.
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Politics Parliament Reset
Mongolia expanded its parliament from 76 to 126 seats in 2024. MPP won 54% of them on 35% of the vote.
Politics The $20,000 weapon that broke the math of modern war.
Three fronts. One exploit. A geographic briefing on the drone economy.
Politics 9 Questions: How Well Do You Know Mongolian History?
From the Xiongnu empire that forced China to pay tribute, to the world's largest land empire, to a peaceful democratic revolution — how well do you know one of history's greatest civilizations?
Also in Sports
Sports Money Didn't Buy Football: The Blatter Era Paradox
From 1998 to 2015, the world's poorest football federations improved fastest — while Asia's booming economies moved backward
Sports FIFA's Invisible Countries
51 countries in FIFA's 2014 World Cup audience data — including Mongolia — register as exactly 0.0. Not small. Unmeasured.
Sports Attack or Defend: The Two Ways to Win at Soccer
Atletico Madrid and Tottenham had the same SPI score in 2017-18. They got there completely differently.
Data Tools & Calculators
Tool Mutton Costs 45% More in Winter: Plan Your Meat Budget
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Tool 76x the Safe Limit: What UB's Air Does to Your Body
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Tool ₮792,000 a Month: Can You Survive in Ulaanbaatar?
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