Aleksandr Dugin

Aleksandr Dugin, born on January seventh, nineteen sixty-two, is a prominent Russian political philosopher and the leading theorist of neo-Eurasianism. Hailing from a military intelligence family, Dugin emerged as an anti-communist dissident during the eighties and became involved with the far-right Pamyat organization. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he co-founded the National Bolshevik Party in nineteen ninety-three, alongside Eduard Limonov, advocating for National Bolshevism until his departure in nineteen ninety-eight.

In nineteen ninety-seven, Dugin published his seminal work, Foundations of Geopolitics, which called for Russia to reclaim its influence through strategic alliances and territorial expansion, positioning it against a perceived Atlanticist empire led by the United States. He established the Eurasia Party in two thousand two and further articulated his ideology in subsequent publications, including The Fourth Political Theory in two thousand nine. His perspectives have often been labeled as far-right and fascist, although he explicitly distances himself from both fascism and liberal democracy, promoting instead a