The Geostrategic Challenges of Russia’s “Ummah Pivot”
... point other than perhaps a joint offshore energy extraction in the future). Unlike in Syrian Kurdistan, Russia’s Kurdish outreaches in Iraq have been remarkably successful... ... resulting in Russia being the region’s largest investor through its energy companies. Turkey occasionally intervenes there in a military way to fight PKK militants and also commands some sway over the region, but Iran has some influence over rival Kurdish political groups, too. America still has... ... time. During his unofficial rule, though, Saudi Arabia got bogged down in neighboring Yemen, which led to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis . It intervened very decisively...