Alexander Dugin, a philosopher characteristic of traditional Russian thought, described Vladimir Putin’s definition of multipolarity. Far from the simplistic Western view that several powers would replace the US hyperpower, he emphasizes that the Russian president breaks with linear thinking and evokes that of quantum physics. Yesterday, Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin dissected Putin’s speech to the Valdai Club (which I approached from a geopolitical perspective [ 1 ] ) – which he defines as “a philosophical cyanotype for the multipolar world” and “shows how quantum complexity, civilizational sovereignty and strategic realism form a new world order that defies Western simplifications [ 2 ] .” Alexander Dugin comments: Putin’s “philosophy of complexity” constitutes “an alternative to the Western globalist model.” He contrasts Trump’s cyclothymic, kaleidoscopic style with Putin’s definition of “multipolarity,” which is based on biospheric biodiversity: “It represents something…
Dugin dissects the hermeneutics of Putin’s ‘philosophy of complexity’ for the new ‘multipolar order’





