| ID | 138565 |
| Title Proper | Mind games |
| Other Title Information | Alexander Dugin and Russia’s war of ideas |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Tolstoy, Andrey ; McCaffray, Edmund |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Alexander Dugin, the Russian philosopher and political activist, has attracted sporadic coverage in English-language publications over the past year. He is an engaging figure—prolific, radical, bearded, equally at home in university seminars and posing with tanks in South Ossetia and eastern Ukraine. So adept at self-promotion that he is sometimes not taken as seriously as he should be, Dugin is the intellectual who has Vladimir Putin’s back in the emerging ideological conflict between Russia and the West. At home, Putin uses him to create a nationalist, anti-liberal voting bloc, while abroad Dugin is the lynchpin of numerous irregular networks of anti-liberal political resistance and sabotage. No individual better represents the tactics of the current Russian regime. |
| `In' analytical Note | World Affairs US Vol. 177, No.6; Mar/Apr 2015: p.25-30 |
| Journal Source | World Affairs US 2015-03 177, 6 |
| Key Words | Liberalism ; Political Theory ; Ukraine ; Fascism ; Mind Games ; Political Activist ; Alexander Dugin ; Russia’s War of Ideas ; Russian Philosopher ; Radical, Bearded ; Irregular Networks ; Radical Russian Nationalism ; Neo - Eurasianism ; Grossraum ; Marxism, |