Foundations of Geopolitics
by Alexander Dugin · first published 2017
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Read as a required Russian military textbook that lays out Moscow's geopolitical aims toward Europe, Ukraine, the UK and US; suits readers trying to understand current Russian policy.
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I implore everyone alarmed by recent Russian assaults on Western Democratic institutions to get their hands on an English translation of 'The Foundations of Geopolitics' by Aleksandr Dugin. Dugin is a Russian academic and the book is essentially a textbook on how Russia should seek to subvert and destabilize Europe, the US and other Russian rivals in order to forge a…
on “Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company during 2016 election” ↗Lots of techbros posting here missing the point. If you can't make sense of these groups and these ad buys, you're not familiar with Foundations of Geopolitics, which is assigned as a textbook in Russian military academies and was very well received there. The point of all of it is to encourage separation and discord along racial, ethnic, and political lines,…
on “Fakebook: A tool exploring the 2016 U.S. election Facebook ads bought by Russia” ↗…textbooks have been saying for a long time that an "independent Ukraine doesn't make sense". Read here the excerpts what it says about UK, and US. Makes an interesting read. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
on “Estonia, allies to trigger NATO Article 4” ↗I recommend reading some material about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics It's very influential book in Russia that has influenced their policy goals. It was written in 1997. A lot of it feels rather prescient considering the current world situation, which is likely not a…
on “Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends” ↗And the Russian counterpart of that book: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
on “Ask HN: Is WWIII already in its early stages?” ↗Putin and his boys disagreed on national TV with you. They want to nuke Europe. Read Putin's own texts on the subject, it's very clear. And read books like Foundations of Geopolitics that are officially approved and required reading for military officers.
I have always found the summary of Foundations of Geopolitics[1] to be an interesting re-read whenever some larger event involving Russia happened. It feels like the puzzle pieces have been coming together at least since Brexit, if not much longer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics#Con...
on “Europe Can No Longer Ignore That It's Under Russian Attack” ↗The same prediction is made in Dugin's Foundations of Geopolitics. Many of his recommendations have come to pass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics#Con...
on “Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack” ↗…extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics".[9]" From "Foundations of Geopolitics" by Alexandr Dugin. Putin has repeatedly cited his works and the book is used as a textbook by the Russian military. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
on “Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament” ↗The theory is that Dugin's strategies (outlined in "Foundations of Geopolitics") were widely implemented in the US in 2015-2016 in an attempt to destabilize the west. Wikipedia: > The book emphasizes that Russia must spread anti-Americanism everywhere: "the main 'scapegoat' will…
on “Facebook Is the AOL of 2021” ↗…called her a fascist for libel and the court found that she was, indeed, a fascist)? Or the rise of the AfD in Germany? Golden Dawn in Greece? Vladimir Putin's adherence to the Dugin Doctrine expounded in "Foundations of Geopolitics"? Trump and Brexit aren't isolated symptoms: it really does seem to be Springtime for Hitler wannabes this year.
on “India is displaying classic signs that foreshadow fascism” ↗One interesting piece of that puzzle is the book Foundations of Geopolitics from 1997 [1] by Aleksandr Dugin. It is basically a collection of strategies on foreign politics through intelligence arms of the government. There's no properly translated copy of the book available…
on “Pro-gun Russian bots flood Twitter after parkland shooting” ↗…adversarial nation hellbent on weakening the West’s influence in the world, enacting a strategy straight out of the modern fascist playbook, renowned fascist and political theorist Aleksandr Dugin’s The Foundations of Geopolitics with horrifying efficacy. But yeah, it’s understandable that someone might equate that with a social media platform being transparent (however belatedly) in their efforts to enforce their own rules.…
on “Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders who break rules” ↗Not KGB. This dude and his books https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Dugin Also run through this article and try to correlate it with todays reality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
on “Nord Stream 2 declares bankruptcy” ↗Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin, Foundations of Geopolitics (1997). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
on “Exit, pursued by a bear” ↗