Putin’s Brain?
Putin’s Brain?
Author(s): Anton ShekhovtsovSubject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Political Essay
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Aleksandr Dugin;Russia;Eurasianism
Summary/Abstract: In the wake of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and Russia’s subsequent war on Ukraine, Russian political thinker Aleksandr Dugin has become an object of many western analyses of Russia’s foreign policy. Various media have called Dugin “the mad mystic who inspired Russia’s leader” or “Putin’s brain”. Indeed, the man behind Russia’s Neo-Eurasianism has received significant attention and his ideas have evidently entered mainstream political thought.
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 04 (13)
- Page Range: 72-79
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
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