Russia and Islam: Mutual Adjustment in the New World

Abstract

There is significant evidence that the next millennium will be marked by the rise of Islam as a global political phenomenon, exerting a growing influence on both regional and international affairs. Some experts even argue that many Muslim nations might secede from the UN in order to set up their own international organisation, with a security council, a common market, joint armed forces and so on. Consequently the world of Islam is seen by these as experts becoming a completely self-contained segment of the international community.