Analysis of Russia’s Status as an Observer in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Auzan Shadiq

2018

Abstract

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the second largest intergovernmental organization in the world after the United Nations (UN) which claim themself as the collective voice of the Muslim world. Having 57 member states, the OIC members are spread over in four different continents. The Republic of Albania is the only European state in the OIC membership, whereas the largest Muslim population in Europe is located in Russia. Since 2005 Russia has obtained an observer status in the OIC, along with other states and international organizations. It is important to known that not all of the OIC member states should have large Muslim population or become as a Muslim majority country, some of the member states from Africa and South America has much less Muslim population than Russia. This paper is trying to find out why up until now Russia only hold a status as an observer in the OIC membership. This research use a qualitative method, framed by the Theory of Identity and National Interest from Alexander Wendt in the Constructivist Paradigm. This research finds that there are two factors regarding to Russia's stance. The first one is Russia’s double-identities and the second one is Russia's geopolitical interest.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Shadiq A. (2018). Analysis of Russia’s Status as an Observer in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 340-347. DOI: 10.5220/0009930203400347

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Auzan Shadiq},
title={Analysis of Russia’s Status as an Observer in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={340-347},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009930203400347},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - Analysis of Russia’s Status as an Observer in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Shadiq A.
PY - 2018
SP - 340
EP - 347
DO - 10.5220/0009930203400347