The Geostrategic Challenges of Russia’s “Ummah Pivot”

The Southern vector of Moscow’s balancing act: what awaits it in years to come? A key component of Russia’s 21st-century grand strategy goal of becoming the supreme balancing force in Eurasia is its “Ummah Pivot” of comprehensive engagement with the Muslim-majority countries to its South, stretching from North Africa to South Asia. This vector ...