Russia's "Ummah Pivot": Opportunities & Narrative Engagement
Modern Diplomacy Published 7 hours ago (This is the second and final part of the author’s article series on this topic. The first one can be read here, and it is recommended to review it before the present piece). Russia’s “Ummah Pivot”, or its post-2014 comprehensive engagement with the many Muslim-majority countries along its southern periphery and beyond, comprises one of the most important pillars of its contemporary grand strategic balancing act between East and West. The Southern vector of its diplomacy prevents any zero-sum choice between East and West by presenting the Eurasi...