Both the war in Ukraine and the new Cold War against the West can be said to represent the triumph-or the debacle-of Dugin’s vision. And indeed, in many ways this is Dugin’s moment: For more than a quarter century, he has been talking about an eternal civilizational war between Russia and the West and about Russia’s destiny to build a vast Eurasian empire, beginning with a reconquista of Ukraine.
The madness of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has once again turned the spotlight on the creepy, enigmatic guru who has been called “ Putin’s brain” or, irresistibly, “ Putin’s Rasputin”: maverick “political philosopher” Aleksandr Dugin.
