I learned about it via a political science professor at the University of Virginia. Even the Wikipedia on Dugin's older book says, "The book has had a large in

I learned about it via a political science professor at the University of Virginia. Even the Wikipedia on Dugin's older book says, "The book has had a large influence within the Russian military, police, and foreign policy elites[1] and it has been used as a textbook in the Academy of the General Staff of the Russian military.[1][2]" The correlation between suggestions in the Fourth Political Theory book align a little too perfectly with recent events: - Break GB from the EU [2] - Heightened racial tension in the US [3] - Annexation of Crimea and Ukraine - etc. Hard to ignore how much Russia operates "by the book". Also in the Wikipedia for FPT I linked earlier, "The book has been cited as an inspiration for Russian policy in events such as the War in Donbass..." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_Brexit_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_20... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_20...