Geopolitics of the Islam World and world leadership in the post-Cold War geopolitical developments

Clashes of the world's major civilizations and religions are still the main challenge in the post-Cold War geopolitical developments. This is in spite of attempts at reconciling them. In the post-Cold War scenario, there is the US attempt in order to sustain its world leadership. This is the main challenge in the post-Cold War and in this context the rise of the Muslim world has also been quite noticeable in giving the former the challenge to the claim of leadership. The important question here is whether the Islamic World with its disintegrated geopolitics will be able to offer a coherent leadership among many rivalries for the same leadership position. This paper attempts to study the hard and soft power resources of Islamic countries from the global geopolitical perspective in an attempt to situate the Islamic world in this leadership competition.