Sometimes, an unlikely book can provide surprising insights about what is happening in the world. One such book is The Trump Revolution: A New Order of Great Powers by Alexander Dugin. The short 114-page work explains current events from a Russian perspective.
The surprise involves its eccentric Russian author. Alexander Dugin is a strange figure. He is called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brain, ideologue, and other such titles. However, the Russian leader uses him as he sees fit. He has no official function in the Russian government. He is a kind of Steven Bannon figure influencing from the shadows.
Thus, nothing in the book is certain. One cannot claim that this book is the official program for either Putin or President Trump, but one also cannot say it isn’t.
It is an intriguing read that explains what this Russian nationalist and some elements in the West are thinking. Even better, it is clearly laid out. This is surprising, as Dugin’s writing is usually frustrating to read because it constantly refers to esoteric ideas and philosophers like Martin Heidegger. However, this short work mentioned in the Wall Street Journal is a collection of articles and interviews that presents a clear political perspective without the philosophical baggage.
A Coming Revolution
Dugin thinks big. He believes in a coming revolution that will change the geopolitical configuration of the postmodern post-war world based on American hegemony.
He sees parallel positions in the Trump Administration and the Putin regime. Both want to change the globalist world order, but they propose different ways of doing so.
According to Dugin, the world must transition to a multipolar order made up of “civilization states.” These super-states with strong identities and values will attract constellations of nations and states that “share a common civilizational paradigm.”
The West as Target
For this reconfiguration to happen, America and the West must be taken from their privileged position as the principal and dominant pole of world power. The era of western hegemony must come to an end. Each pole in this new multipolar world must develop as it sees fit.
Thus, Dugin calls upon the non-western world to “oppose the West in its cultural values, economic mechanisms, technological solutions, political institutions and protocols, information systems, aesthetic preferences, and ethical criteria.”
The break must be radical and far-reaching. The West might continue to exist but diminished, and it must not impose its values upon other nations in the manner of a leader and follower, a master and slave.
This Dugin vision calls for a civilizational class struggle against the oppressive West. However, it is best if the West (via nationalist leaders) can contribute to its own dethronement.
Decoupling
The means for this break to happen is what Dugin calls “decoupling.” All nations must be decoupled.
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