In a recent conversation with the author, a member of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences summed up the situation as follows: “Mongolia is looking to the United States for military security and to Japan for economic security.” ###>Un chercheur senior de l’Académie des sciences de Mongolie m’a confié que « la Mongolie souhaitait assurer sa sécurité militaire grâce aux Etats-Unis, et sa sécurité économique grâce au Japon. »