The Geostrategic Challenges of Russia’s “Ummah Pivot”

... to enlighten Russian decision makers about everything of significance related to their country’s unofficial “Ummah Pivot”. North Africa: All Eyes on Libya Beginning from North Africa and moving eastward through the Levant, Gulf, South Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia and South Asia, the first-mentioned region is plagued by the security threats emanating from the war-torn Libya, where a slew of external powers is competing to shape the outcome of its ongoing civil war. First and foremost among them ...