The Fourth Political Theory

beyond left and right but against the center

When we say, “We are open to dialogue,” he thinks we lack the strength to continue the war. When we offer compromise, he answers: “Only on our terms — a ceasefire, and we’ll sort it out afterwards.”

At the World Conference on China Studies on October 14, 2025, Alexander Dugin delved into Donald Trump’s recent ambiguity toward Russia and Ukraine, as well as his divergence from MAGA.

Alexander Dugin warns that humanity faces imminent collapse as AI, genetic warfare, and the fall of the Sacred mark the West’s final descent.

Alexander Dugin sees Japan’s turn under Sanae Takaichi as a civilizational awakening that could align Tokyo with Russia in the global revolt against liberalism.

Alexander Dugin argues that true sovereignty, and thus freedom, begins with the state’s right to choose war or peace.

Alexander Dugin, in this in-depth interview, explains why true state sovereignty begins with philosophical independence, arguing that Russia can only exist as a genuine civilization once it cultivates its own sovereign philosophy rooted in Orthodox tradition.

Alexander Dugin stellt sich eine Welt am Scheideweg vor: den Rückgang Israels Einfluss auf Amerika, Trump, der mit nuklearem Poker spielt, und den Niedergang des Westens wie eine verrottende Leiche, während Eurasien sich auf seine Auferstehung vorbereitet.

Alexander Dugin proclaims that the West’s madness has reached its end and that in the rising light of the East a new era for humanity is about to begin.

Alexander Dugin envisions a world at the breaking point: Israel’s grip on America slipping, Trump gambling at nuclear poker, and the West decaying like a rotting corpse as Eurasia gathers for its resurrection.

The idea of pressuring Russia with threats to transfer Tomahawk missiles to Kiev is the worst and most repulsive initiative of Trump.

Alexander Dugin unpacks Vladimir Putin’s Valdai speech as a philosophical blueprint for a multipolar world, showing how quantum complexity, civilizational sovereignty, and strategic realism form a new global order that defies Western simplifications.

This is a transcript of Auron MacIntyre hosting Nick Land and Alexander Dugin in a wide-ranging dialogue on liberalism’s Anglo roots and “paleoliberalism,” the “Empty Summit” (decentralization) versus republican overcoding, empire and sacred politics, plural Daseins and temporalities, eschatology, and whether modern tech/AI and recent “Satanism” accusations signal a religious return rather than simple secular drift.

Alexander Dugin reflects on Vladimir Putin’s role in Russian history, tracing his place between republic and empire.

Alexander Dugin warns that the new multipolar world order is not set in stone and is unlikely to be peacefully accepted, but rather is bound to be shaped through escalated conflict, recalling how historic shifts are decided through the unpredictable unfolding of war.

Alexander Dugin declares that Moldova’s elections unmask the iron hand of the liberal-globalist dictatorship, a regime escalating repression while Russia faces a decisive test of will.

Alexander Dugin examines how a single gesture by Prigozhin came to embody the drama of Russia’s present.

Alexander Dugin traces how one figure became at once emperor, executioner, and legend in the Russian mind.

Alexander Dugin says Trump’s “paper tiger” insult is false yet reveals Russia’s past illusions as it awakens into real power and Victory.

Alexander Dugin argues that the murder of Charlie Kirk and the Greater Israel project have fatefully split the Western political edifice, just recently held together by liberal globalism, into three opposing poles, leaving the “collective West” teetering on the brink of revolution.

Alexander Dugin argues that Trump wavers between MAGA and the neocons, while Russia’s path is the sacred patriotic war to victory.

Alexander Dugin depicts Charlie Kirk as the unifying spirit of MAGA whose martyrdom awakens America to the need for systemic change and frames the struggle as a civilizational clash between Christian tradition and globalist liberalism.

Alexander Dugin portrays the advance of a Satanic civilization waging open war against Christ, with Erika Kirk’s words of forgiveness shining as a living testament to Christian faith.

The question of our policy in the post-Soviet space requires very serious consideration. Practically from the very moment President Putin came to power twenty-five years ago, he set Eurasian integration as a priority. Yes, the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) was created and a number of similar initiatives were undertaken. But here is what is striking: if we step back from the routine of current events, then over these twenty-five years this task was not only left unfulfilled but, in fact, the opposite occurred.

Alexander Dugin declares that Emmanuel Todd’s prophecy signals the downfall of Europe’s liberal elites and the rise of the forces of the people.