The increasing military presence of the Russian Federation in Africa allows Moscow to use its limited resources to threaten NATO’s southern flank and weaken Western influence, according to a report by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). In particular, the report mentions the Russian naval base in Libya. According to analysts, the base will help sustain Russian activity in the Mediterranean Sea and potentially host permanent Russian forces capable of threatening NATO’s critical infrastructure with long-range cruise missile strikes from the sea. Furthermore, the Russian occupation…