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"The American Empire Should Be Destroyed" Aleksandr Dugin and the Perils of Immanentized Eschatology

James Heiser

Over two decades have passed since the “Cold War” between the Soviet Union and the West ended. Many citizens of the former Soviet republics and Warsaw Pact nations have embraced the opportunities which come with expanded civil liberties and economic growth, but extremists exploit nostalgia for the d...

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Behind the Bastards

This book was written by Alexander Dugin in 1997. It laid out Dugin's vision to divide the world up and called for Russia to rebuild its influence through annexations and alliances, while all in heavy opposition to Ukraine as a sovereign state. It was a very popular book in the Russian General Staff Academy and kind of was one of the things that shifted Dugin from like a weird esoteric dissident to actually becoming a more influential and prominent pillar of the conservative establishment inside Russia.

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The Foundations of Geopolitics was a very popular book in the Russian General Staff Academy.

— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 52

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 52

This book was written by Alexander Dugin in 1997. It laid out Dugin's vision to divide the world up and called for Russia to rebuild its influence through annexations and alliances, while all in heavy opposition to Ukraine as a sovereign state. It was a very popular book in the Russian General Staff Academy and kind of was one of the things that shifted Dugin from like a weird esoteric dissident to actually becoming a more influential and prominent pillar of the conservative establishment inside Russia.

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The Foundations of Geopolitics was a very popular book in the Russian General Staff Academy.

Dugin lays out his vision to divide the world up and calling for Russia to rebuild its influence through annexations and alliances, while all in heavy opposition to Ukraine as a sovereign state.

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