A Pivot to the East and the Islamic Dimension of Russia’s Foreign Policy
... themselves, and they are now ready to distance themselves more boldly from certain actions of the Collective West, including those directed against Russia, and to look to Moscow as one of the pillars in building a new architecture of regional security. The Islamic World as a Priority Area of Russian Foreign Policy Notably, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is explicitly referred to in Russia’s Foreign Policy Concept 2023 as the “Islamic World” ( Section 56 of the document ). Without a strong emphasis on the geographical name per se, the document breathes respect ...