The Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia (
Russian: Основы геополитики: геополитическое будущее России) is a
geopolitical book by
Aleksandr Dugin. Its publication in 1997 was well received in
Russia; it has had significant influence within the
Russian military,
police forces, and
foreign policy elites,
[1][2] and has been used as a textbook in the
Academy of the General Staff of the Russian military.
[1][3] Powerful Russian political figures subsequently took an interest in Dugin,
[4] a Russian political analyst who espouses an
ultra-nationalist and
neo-fascist ideology based on his idea of
neo-Eurasianism,
[5] who has developed a close relationship with Russia's Academy of the General Staff.
[6]
Dugin credits General Nikolai Klokotov of the Academy of the General Staff as co-author and his main inspiration,
[7] though Klokotov denies this.
[3] Colonel General
Leonid Ivashov, head of the International Department of the
Russian Ministry of Defence, helped draft the book.
[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
