The Fourth Political Theory

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The idea of the C5 or “Core Five” as an alternative to the G7 is a project that flows directly from the political and geopolitical approach of the MAGA movement in world politics. It is political realism; it is a rejection of globalization; it is the construction of a new international architecture based on the real existing centers of sovereignty in the contemporary world.

On the Escalation show of Radio Sputnik, Alexander Dugin welcomes the new US National Security Strategy as a return to MAGA and an “order of great powers,” promising a withdrawal from globalist interventionism and unleashing a tidal wave to collapse the EU’s last ditch attempt at a liberal crusade.

Alexander Dugin frames the Antichrist as the absolute counter-pole to the sacred, a primordial adversary whose shifting manifestations across myth, theology, and metaphysics transcend individual religions and reveal a universal structure of enmity.

Alexander Dugin argues that Europe has lost sovereignty and now functions under the directive of a global liberal network.

On the Escalation show of Radio Sputnik, Alexander Dugin suggests that the “fog of diplomacy” in ongoing US-Russia negotiations over Ukraine conceals a far grander and deeper process: as Trump seeks to withdraw the US from conflict with Russia to focus elsewhere, Russia is emerging as a full-fledged civilization-state focused on spiritual valor and the restoration of its historic ethnic identity.

Today’s peaceable rhetoric—the claim that we will not fight and have no grievances against Europe—would sound reassuring. Yet, in truth, there are grievances, though they come from Europe towards us. They believe Ukraine belongs to them; we believe Ukraine belongs to us. And we insist that this is our affair, our problem. They insist it is theirs.

Alexander Dugin warns against new invasions and calls for a united multipolar front.

Natalia Melentyeva tells the story of Daria Dugina as a philosophical and spiritual revolt against the disintegration of the modern world.

On the Escalation show of Radio Sputnik, Alexander Dugin discusses the behind-the-scenes of the so-called “28-Point Peace Plan” in the broader geopolitical context, arguing that the globalist elites need to prolong the Ukraine war at all costs to save themselves from collapse — but Trump, Russia, and the emerging world order have different plans in the works.

Our Victory on our old lands—that is, in Ukraine—is impossible without a Victory over ourselves within the former borders of the Russian Federation. Therefore, today we are waging a war in which we will achieve victory only simultaneously.

Alexander Dugin shows how the West’s immigration-driven collapse exposes the fate of any political system that severs itself from tradition and sinks into the rot of its own secular ideology.

On the Escalation show of Radio Sputnik, Alexander Dugin dissects the accelerating split and collapse of the American elite under the weight of the Epstein scandal and Israeli influence, arguing that Trump’s slide into neoconservative wars could be met by a new wave of Russian assertion.

Alexander Dugin warns that the West’s staged disagreements mask a coordinated attempt to halt Russia’s advance just as a new civilizational path begins to emerge.

On the Escalation show of Radio Sputnik, Alexander Dugin warns that Trump has betrayed his original MAGA project, abandoning “America First” in favor of “Israel First” and threatening new wars that could spin out of control, thus opening up an abyss which only Trump himself can decide to reverse.

According to Alexander Dugin, the world is undergoing an irreversible transition from Western unipolar dominance to a multipolar global order. This transformation is not easy — it passes through conflicts and resistance, as the defenders of unipolarity refuse to allow change peacefully.

Discussions about the possibility of Russia being disconnected from the global internet are becoming increasingly frequent. Against this backdrop, the question of creating an autonomous Russian internet gains new urgency. How likely is such a scenario, and what would it mean for the average Russian internet user? Could such a step strengthen our country’s sovereignty, or would it, on the contrary, divide society and confine Russia to a kind of virtual solitude?

Alexander Dugin recalls the legacy of Guy Debord, one of the last great European non-conformists and the unmasker of the “society of the spectacle,” whose radical critique of modern mass culture, although co-opted by the very System he attacked, might still inspire revolutionary action anew.

One year ago it was a feast! Now it mourning session for what was one year ago... How sad Trump’s betrayal of MAGA aspirations is...

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.