Alexander Dugin
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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 new. It is neither a bipolar world, nor a unipolar one, nor the Westphalian system of nation-states, where everyone is supposed to be sovereign, but in reality is not. Only large civilization-states can be truly sovereign in our world," which requires "geopolitical awareness."
He believes that "the model of the multipolar world, where the poles are the civilizing countries, has no equivalent," with the exception of "the structure of humanity before the Age of Discoveries" with its entire civilizing ensembles: "the Islamic caliphate, Indian civilization, the Chinese empire, the African kingdoms, the Russian/Byzantine and Western European empires." Putin is the anti-Huntington of the clash of civilizations!

Alexander Dugin asserts:
"Before colonialism, there was a true multipolarity consecrated by empires, civilizing countries and macro-countries," whose "transition is today outlined by Putin."
Alexander Dugin believes that "the significant change occurred with Trump" when "the MAGA ( Make America Great Again ) concept included the recognition, from the very beginning, of multipolarity" which the followers of unipolarity reject:
"Putin spoke about the defense of national interests calmly and delicately, emphasizing that we have more in common with Trump than with the European globalists. Our convergence with the United States is not mentioned.

"Today, the great process of transition towards multipolarity affects all regions" while "in the United States and Europe, there is a real civil war between conservatives and globalist liberals who remain faithful to unipolarity: politicians without substance, driven only by the frenetic and agonizing will to preserve the unipolar regime and its ideology."
Dugin argues that Putin's epistemology of multipolarity "must guide education, culture, politics and economics," which "is not new," but only "deepens" the theory of the philosophy of complexity developed by the French thinker Edgar Morin - which obliges us to analyze the work of the prodigious Edgar Morin, now 104 years old, who coined the term "polycrisis" [ 3 ] .

Dugin continues his interpretation:
"Putin has repeatedly mentioned the nonlinear processes of the new world, comparing them to quantum mechanics. Nonlinear processes and quantum mechanics imply interconnectedness, where even the smallest change at the micro level — from a blogger with an iPhone to a single person — affects global macro processes. This is no longer a world of linear mechanics."
Indeed, the world today is suffering from the new "Tower of Babel of super-specialties," which are increasingly ultra-reductionist.

He concludes:
"The modern world, with its multipolarity, is a complex system" that requires "a turn to quantum mechanics and the study of civilizations, religions and theologies that once again determine the course of events," which is "an invitation to the transformation of the consciousness of the entire country and, in particular, of its thinking class," in order to "abandon simplistic views of reality."
Dugin's conclusion:
"Great power requires great philosophy," without which "it becomes a golem: a mechanical construction operated by foreign hands," while "the world is ruled by those who think."
References:

[ 1 ] " Putin proposes "peaceful coexistence" to Trump at the Valdai Club summit in Sochi ", by Alfredo Jalife-Rahme, Translation Maria Poumier, La Jornada (Mexico), Voltaire Network , October 6, 2025.

[ 2 ] " Putin and the Philosophy of Complexity ", Alexander Dugin, Multipolar Press, October 11, 2025.

[ 3 ] The Method, Edgar Morin, Seuil (1977). " Polycrisis ", Wikipedia