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Putin's Geopolitics - Dugin's Book Predicted It
Putin's Geopolitics - Dugin's Book Predicted It
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the globe, Dugin’s vision for Europe is not all that fantastical.
In the Moscow-Tokyo Axis, Dugin sees one obvious choice to
ally with India, and one difficult choice between China and
Japan. The only role for India in this stratagem is as a strategic
outpost of Eurasia as an ally against the West and a key
economic partner. This stratagem has recently come to fruition
in the form of a Free Trade Agreement between India and the
Eurasian Economic Union. With Japan, Dugin argues that its
strategic positioning, its varied resources compared to Russia,
and growing dissent between the Japanese and the Americans
make it a prime choice for an ally.
Shinzo Abe and Vladimir Putin meet at the Kremlin in Moscow
in 2019. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP)
On the other hand, Dugin sees China as a threat, because it
increasingly seeks to expand into post-soviet Central Asia. Even
today, Russia finds itself in competition with China’s Belt and
Road Initiative, specifically in Kazakhstan. The Moscow-Tokyo
Axis does diverge somewhat from the current reality. Although
Putin and Japanese President Shinzo Abe have met no less
than 25 times in an attempt to improve relations, the United
States has so far succeeded in keeping Japan on its side of
competition. The longevity of Chinese-Russian relations is also
up for debate.
As for the Moscow-Tehran Axis, Dugin explicitly calls out Iran
and Libya as possible strategic partners against Atlanticists and
cites the need to use Turkey as a scape-goat. “The idea of
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Concluding Thoughts
Dugin’s ideas are neither new nor unfounded, and they should
not be ignored. He cites, on several occasions, the need for
Russian access to the “Warm Seas,” a policy that has existed
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Header Image: Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks
during a meeting on the development of transport infrastructure,
in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia in 2008. (Dmitry
Lovetsky/AP)
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