The Geostrategic Challenges of Russia’s “Ummah Pivot”

... fact that it proposed some form of decentralization in Syria back in 2017 shows that there is a precedent to do the same in Yemen. The thinking goes that this is a pragmatic possibility, one without any ulterior motives since Russia would not have proposed ... ... among their elite, but soft power among civil society does not appear to be too significant except in the tourism industry. South Caucasus: Tricky Relations with Turkey Andrey Kortunov: Syria: In the Middle of a Long Cycle It is here at the juncture ...