Central Eurasian Studies

The ‘Türk Altay Theory / Türk-Altay Kuramı’ is a true story of the early existence of the Türks in North Asia. Sayan-Altay’s successive indigenous cultures from 6000 BC to 6th-8th century AD, were connected each other by using archaeological methods. The Kuram has gone through hoops while it has pursued on the cultural traces of the Turks in North Asia. Indo-European hypotheses were the basis of the hoops. Such hypotheses ignored the existence of the Turks in the defined geographical area. It was not possible to make progress unless the claims that constitute the basis of such ignorance has been investigated. The Kuram did do it. This was the just reason for the struggle of the Kuram with a series of Indo-European hypotheses. The Kuram has been raised on the three basic footing interrelated to each other. 1) The Runic inscriptions that we have called as ‘historical texts’ representing the Classical Turkic Period-2 in Altay, are the basic data set that make up the fi rst footing of the Kuram. 2) The historical texts, on the other hand, also identify a certain group of archaeological material. Actually such group of material, representing Classical Turkic Period-2, spread throughout the Sayan-Altay region, Mongolian territory, and Eurasian steppes. The rich archeological material that is inclined to run to the much earlier times, has enlightened the path of the Culture. 3) Described archaeological material that we can pursue towards the early stages of history led us to the Neolithic period of Yesnisey-Lena region where is the micro climatic isolated territory surrounded by the Angara river in the North, Lena river in the East, Baykal lake in the South and Yenisey river in the West. This living place was the Urheimat of the ancient Türks: Yenisey-Lena. The examination of the material made us access to the Urheimat. According to the Kuram, Turkic speaking people originated from Yenisey-Lena and they grown up in Altay region. At the end of the Late Upper Paleolithic Age (c. 12,000 BC), the Culture with the identity of ‘Yenisy-Lena’, alredy spread to the World.

The problem of historical periodization of Russian integration activity has been considered. The content of its main stages has been concretized on the basis of the analysis of historical experience. Approaches of specialists have been offered. Russia had the characteristics of empire. Territorial dimensions of the empire were incomparably greater than any of the European countries. Russian foreign policy was characterized by integration imperatives that contribute to the pursuit of the accession of lands within the Eurasian space. Periods of integration (attachment of land to the imperial center) alternated with disintegration (loss of previously acquired lands). The cycles of integration and disintegration in various ratios interacted with the modernization of society of the empire. Accession of lands is done through a cultural impact and bet on the local elite. For their subsequent merger with the imperial center used methods of military, political, ideological, demographic or socio-economic impact. The integration was carried out under the conditions of semi-peripheral position of the empire in the world capitalist system, and within the autarkic union. Ups and downs of the Russian imperial power are not subject to the chronological rhythm and have different lengths of time. Stages of amplification and integration are lasted: 125 years (1480-1605); 199 years (1613-1812); 103 years (1815-1918); 21 (1920-1941); 46 years (1945-1991). Duration of stages attenuation, disintegration and restore of imperial space, excluding the Mongolian (1237-1480: 243 years) and post-Soviet (from 1991 to the present: 24 years) periods, characterized by the relative transience: 8 years (1605-1613); 3 years (1812-1815); 2 years (1918-1920); 4 years (1941-1945).

Key words: integration; disintegration; Russia; Eurasian space; periodization.

В статье рассматривается проблема периодизации российской интеграционной активности на евразийском пространстве. На базе анализа исторического опыта конкретизировано содержание её основных этапов. Приведены подходы специалистов. Показано, что периоды взлётов и падений имперского могущества России не подчиняются хронологической ритмичности, имея различную протяжённость во времени. Выделяются пять стадий интеграционной активности и шесть – пассивности и дезинтеграции.

Ключевые слова и фразы: интеграция; дезинтеграция; Россия; евразийское пространство; периодизация.

Co-authored with Ruth Young. Simultaneously published as ‘Zentralasien 500 v. Chr.-600 n. Chr.’ In Dumont Weltatlas der Kunst, heraus. John Onians. Köln: Verlag Dumont, 2004. Reprinted in The Art Atlas, ed. John Onians. London: Laurence King, 2008.

This collection of studies by social anthropologists describes the complex and often controversial processes of religious change occurring in the postsocialist world. By critically examining the influx of missionaries, the adoption of ‘new’ faiths, and the reactions to these unanticipated shifts in religious landscape, the authors offer valuable insight into the fate of state supported secularism as well as providing fresh critiques of anthropological studies of conversion.

The problem of the religious tolerance culture that helps to preserve socio-political stability in the society has become a significant theoretical and practical research problem. In the paper, the authors analyse the activities of some religious organisations in Kazakhstan trying to identify the ways of forming a culture of religious tolerance. They focus on the role of Islam, Orthodox Christianity, and Catholicism in the context of interfaith dialogue and assess the experience of preserving interethnic and interconfessional relations.
The authors argue that tolerance in a multi-ethnic society implies not only recognition of the existing ethno cultural, religious, and confessional differences within the community but also the awareness of the “unity in diversity.” The latter helps to prevent the existing ethno cultural differences from the institutionalised dominance. The authors also note that the common civic identity ensures the “unity in diversity” in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

b/w illus., 7 maps, 11 tables, $99 (Hardcover), $63.20 (Kindle). ISBN: 9781107016521 With the collapse of the USSR in the early 1990s, archaeology in the former Soviet Union and neighboring regions has become more easily accessible to Western archaeologists who have quickly tapped into the rich wealth of archaeological data in these areas, while producing new findings of their own. In fact, as aptly demonstrated by The Archaeology of Power and Politics in Eurasia: Regimes and Revolutions, while Eurasian archaeology was once virtually synonymous with research in the USSR or the Russian Federation, a lot has changed. This volume collects 19 articles from a group of international scholars that examine political power and regime changes over a more expansive area of Eurasia from an archaeological perspective. This book adds to the continually growing body of English-language publications that has developed on archaeology in this key area of the Old World in recent decades. In many ways, beyond the field or laboratory research it presents, this volume provides an excellent synthesis of Eurasian archaeology as practiced today.

The presented text is devoted to an analysis of the main political concepts which appear in the historic memory of those Soviet citizens who worked in Mongolia in the second half of the ХХ century. Thousands of them have been influenced by their experience in Mongolia – this country was the most visited by Soviet specialists. For a long time, the Mongolian People's Republic was the most availabe foreign country for Soviet citizens– the so-called 16th republic of the USSR. Both everyday practices and attitude to Mongolia in the present time are a result of this perception. We focus on the concept of “progress” as the main ideological idiom of that time. It was «progress” that was seen as the foundation of Mongolia's transition fom feudalism to capitlaism. Some elements of this ideology can be found in contemporary historic and political literature devoted to Mongolia. Besides, an analysis of the concept of Soviet presence in this part of Asia is important for reflection  about “Soviet colonialism”. The author supposes that the Soviet idea of “progress” is in direct opposition to colonialism practices. Large-scale Soviet presence in Mongolia still has not been described in research works. Basically, Mongolia was included into the huge Soviet empire. This empire marked its rule using the same symbols: from Berlin to Ulan-Bator. Specific infrastructure was created to perform some Soviet rituals which were connected with the dominant ideology. Mongoian infrastructure was a continuation of the Soviet one, and visa-free regime between the USSR and Mongolia was  an indirect proof for this fact. This is why former Soviet specialists still mention “the great civilizing mission of the Soviet people” towards Mongolia. Drastic socio-economic chnges occurred in Mongolia during the years of the Soviet presence. Industrialization significantly changed the country's landscape.  These changes were described within the “Marxist” model of progress. At that time, all achievements in Mongolia's development were used as an evident proof of how correct the ideas of formational development were. However, these achievements were viewed as negative after the Democratic revolution 1989-1990. During the post-Socialist period, the attitude to Soviet aid was re-viewed in general. Also, the idea of drastic revoluationary transition to a new socio-economic formation was revised as well. As a result, the concept of de-modernization emerged in Russian texts. This phenomenon supposed destruction of the Soviet period infrastrucrure. We view this thesis as a controversial one. This thesis is a result of the post-Socialist trauma which was caused by the demise of the Soviet Union. The research is based on the floowing materials: social media memoires of Soviet citizens who worked in Mongolia is various periods; materials of the Soviet press, data from the Soviet historic narrative.

This volume examines contemporary Eastern European youth cultures from an interdisciplinary perspective, investigating how the radical changes resulting from the demise of state Socialisms and concurrent increased globalization processes have resulted in huge challenges for young people and a reimagining of youth itself.

Autor se pokouší skrze teorii autoritativních režimů Juana Josého Linze analyzovat první dvě období Vladimira Vladimiroviče Putina ve funkci prezidenta Ruské federace a dopad jeho vlády na ruskou společnost. Práce se snaží nalézt odpověď zaprvé na to, jaká je povaha ruského režimu ve zkoumaném období, zadruhé pak na to, zdali můžeme být Linzova teorie i téměř padesát let od svého vzniku stále adekvátním nástrojem pro zkoumání nedemokracií. / This thesis is trying to apply the theory of authoritarian regimes of Juan Jose Linz to analyse the first and second term of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin in office of Russian president and its impact on Russian society. The thesis is trying to answer the question about the nature of Russian regime in this term and also to find out if the almost-50-years-old theory is still sufficient tool for inquiry into non-democratic regimes.

This is a much longer version of the review I wrote for Central Eurasian Reader. I post it online for two reasons: first, because I think this is an important book that deserves to be known beyond the small circle of those who read Italian; second, because in my review for Central Eurasian Reader I misunderstood a passage (p. 486 top). The author pointed this out, and this is my way to do a thorough samokritika. My doubts on that specific paragraph, though, remain. The amended part is highlighted in yellow.

Da Roma a Mosca, per poi salire a bordo dello «smisurato serpente» della Transiberiana e infine approdare in Mongolia. Transiberiana è il reportage ricco di foto e illustrazioni di un viaggio lungo 13 mila chilometri che valica i confini geografici e culturali che separano Occidente e Oriente. Lo scrittore ci conduce tra le sconfinate terre russe e la civiltà mongolica e ci porta con lui nei vagoni della ferrovia più lunga del mondo, l’infrastruttura faraonica che fu costruita anche grazie al contributo delle maestranze friulane, fatto noto più in Russia che in Italia e rievocato in queste pagine. Luoghi e popoli così distanti non sono mai stati tanto vicini. Un libro dal linguaggio evocativo. Un libro carico di immagini poetiche. Un libro alla scoperta dell’esotico, “selvaggio” e più autentico Oriente.

This volume in the Toyo Bunko Research Library series has been published as the fruits of an International Conference on “Xinjiang in the Context of Central Eurasian Transformations,” held at the Toyo Bunko and the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo, on December 18–19, 2015. The conference, organized by Shinmen Yasushi (Chuo University), Onuma Takahiro (Tohoku Gakuin University), and David Brophy (The University of Sydney), aimed at gathering specialists on Xinjiang and its closely related fields, mainly mid-career and young scholars, and sought to analyze, from a variety of viewpoints, the nature of movement and interaction of peoples between Xinjiang and neighboring regions, and the dynamics of social and cultural transformation in Xinjiang society from the pre-modern to the contemporary period (primarily from the 17th to the 21st centuries). The chapters in this volume are mostly drawn from the papers delivered at the Tokyo conference. However, some of the papers have not been included in this volume since the presenters had plans to publish elsewhere; at the same time, some of those who participated as commentator or chair have contributed newly prepared articles to this publication.

This article compares Turkey and Ukraine’s motivations behind their participation in interregional connectivity projects. Specifically the issue of connectivity between the Black Sea and the Caspian regions was explored. Their policies towards trans-Caspian connectivity present an opportunity to assess a room for cooperation between two countries that are potential competitors regarding transit routes. In this sense, the article analyzes the countries’ perceptions of their interests in the Caucasus and Central Asia, the recent activities along the trans-Caspian route, the countries’ interaction with the outside great powers, and finally their cooperation with the regional countries of adjacent regions. This case also presents an opportunity to explore motivations of the participants of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

The purpose of this article is to analyze the concept of state fragility in Kyrgyzstan, prioritizing the politico-economic development of the Eurasian Economic Union in the multiple levels of national and international interplay by neoliberal theories. This study addresses issues related to the transformations of regional integration after the fall of the Soviet Union and associates this integration to international cooperation, leading to the understanding of the EEU through the Kyrgyz perspective and proposed development. In addition, it evaluates the EEU remarks of the obstacles and missed opportunities within the reach of a broader economic prism. The Sino-Russian relationship is also observed in the light of the Silk Road Economic Belt merger strategy and what it brings to Kyrgyzstan’s future towards the EEU grasp for international relevance.
Keywords: Kyrgyzstan; Eurasian Economic Union; Sino-Russian relations; International Political Economy

"Charles Tilly’s Concept of Revolution and the 'Color Revolutions'", is a chapter included in "Regarding Tilly. Conflict, Power and Collective Action",  Funes (2016), New York: University Press of America (Rowman and Littlefield).

In this chapter we will look at the so-called color revolutions through the lens of Charles Tilly's concept of revolution, with a particular focus on its epistemological and ontological aspects. We specifically examine its adequacy in analyzing these recent historical phenomena. The color revolutions (the Rose Revolution in Georgia in November of 2003, the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in November and December of 2004 and the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan in March of 2005) were processes in which, after a protest stage carried out by different sectors of civil society in response to suspected or demonstrated electoral fraud, a transfer of power, previously unexpected by institutional channels, took place. These events, which we refer to as postelectoral revolutions, were carried out by opposition coalitions challenging state power after the celebration of elections that were determined to be fraudulent by different international and domestic bodies. Both the media and academic literature have from the beginning used the concept revolution to refer to these processes. Thus, they have been called
orange revolutions, color revolutions, democratic revolutions, post-election revolutions and revolutionary coups1. In analyzing these processes and trying to understand them conceptually, Tilly's work allows us to define them as events that are different from classical social revolutions, but also different from orthodox, social protest movements. In the first part of this chapter we analyze Tilly's concept of revolution and the academic debates that it has stimulated. We then examine the characteristics of these new post-electoral revolutions, the elements that define them, and the scholarly discussions they have generated. Lastly, we assess the usefulness of Tilly's conceptual and
theoretical perspective to explain these events.

Monografia składa się z dziesięciu rozdziałów dotyczących regionów świata:
Europa
Eurazja
Islam
Indie
Azja Wschodnia
Azja Południowo-Wschodnia
Australia i Oceania
Ameryka Północna
Ameryka Łacińska
Afryka Subsaharyjska
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Z recenzji prof. Andrzeja Zapałowskiego:
Książka zawiera panoramę 10 regionów świata uwzględniającą aktualne parametry demograficzne, ekonomiczne oraz sytuację geopolityczną. Jest także dziełem, które we właściwy sposób rozkłada akcenty, po raz pierwszy w polskiej literaturze doceniając znaczenie czynników cywilizacyjnych w geografii, co sprawia, że może się ona stać kontrowersyjna dla samych geografów, ale za to interesująca dla przedstawicieli nauk społecznych, a zwłaszcza politycznych. Wielu zawartych w niej informacji trudno byłoby szukać w innych polskich publikacjach geograficznych. Unikatowy charakter ma ponad 90 szkiców kartograficznych ukazujących rozmieszczenie mało znanych miejsc o strategicznym znaczeniu.

Z recenzji prof. Zbigniewa Długosza:
Praca jest próbą wypełnienia luki istniejącej w polskiej literaturze geograficznej od połowy ubiegłego wieku. Wzorem twórców dawnej antropogeografii, autor postanowił wykorzystać wielką wartość, jaką dla zrozumienia przemian w krajobrazie stanowią koncepcje geopolityczne i idee zawarte w nauce o cywilizacji. [...] Po dekadach marginalizacji można też mówić o odbudowie geografii regionalnej w jej klasycznym rozumieniu. Dzięki umiejętnemu rozłożeniu akcentów (uwzględniającemu także istotność aspektów przyrodniczych), oraz oryginalnemu układowi i walorom literackim, książka ma szansę przyczynić się do przywrócenia geografii dawnej pozycji „matki nauk”.

In China, before the beginning of the XXI century, research books and albums of petroglyphs were published in four administrative units at provincial level in the north-west of the county: Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Qinghai. Petroglyphs of Inner Mongolia were studied and published by Gai Shanlin, Liang Zhenhua and N. Dalengurib. All four monographs on Ningxia rock art – by Zhou Xinghua, Li Xiangshi and Zhu Cunshi, Xu Cheng and Wei Zhong were published almost simultaneously, at the beginning of the 1990s. Ancient rock art of Xinjiang was published in albums by Zhao Yangfeng, Wang Linshan and Wang Bo and in books by Wang Binghua and Su Beihai. The monograph by Tang Huisheng and Zhang Wenhua was devoted to the description of Qinghai petroglyphs and the problems of their interpretation. Generally, it can be stated that modern Chinese scientific rock art research was born in the first half of the 1980s, when the first articles on rock carvings started to appear in Chinese archaeological periodicals and flourished in the second half of the 1980s and the 1990s, when quite a number of monographs were published.
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On having referred to the ancient arts of the divination, the prediction or the knowledge of the fortune we remember the famous oracle of Delphi or the well-known sibylline books. Nevertheless in that epoch numerous cultures were provided with rituals, places of worship, mystic centers and personages who were devoting themselves to these tasks with big reputation and not minor benefits. Between these controversial figures, the classic sources mention briefly the existence of a few important personages who were a part of the scythia culture and who were famous for revealing the fortune and the future to whom they wanted to know his future. It is a question of the acquaintances as aneraeans, priests or prophets that, by means of arcane arts they were offering his services and who attracted attention of the Greeks for his aspect and effeminate clothing that has led to thinking that it was a question of eunuch. Legends and myths on his origin have been described without very much detail and for this motive scarcely we know nothing on a caste which importance between the nomads of the steppes provided to them a high position and the social recognition. It is told that long ago, warriors scythians profaned the temple of Aphrodite Urania in Ascalon, receiving the anger of the goddess but it provided to them the power of the prediction. In this exhibition we will explain to these fortune-tellers whose talent exceeded the mistrust that his appearance was reflecting between the Greeks.

A narrative history of Central Asia after the Greek dynasties and before Islam

Central Asia is commonly imagined as the marginal land on the periphery of Chinese and Middle Eastern civilisations. At best, it is understood as a series of disconnected areas that served as stop-overs along the Silk Road.
However, in the mediaeval period, this region rose to prominence and importance as one of the centres of Persian-Islamic culture, from the Seljuks to the Mongols and Timur.

Khodadad Rezakhani tells the back story of this rise to prominence, the story of the famed Kushans and mysterious ‘Asian Huns’, and their role in shaping both the Sasanian Empire and the rest of the Middle East.

Contextualises Persian history in relation to the history of Central Asia
Extends the concept of late antiquity further east than is usually done
Surveys the history of Iran and Central Asia between 200 and 800 bc and contextualises the rise of Islam in both regions

This paper looks into the role of policy-making carried out by various government
officials in the Japanese financial community who contributed to the formulation
and implementation of Japanese “Silk Road Diplomacy” in the 1990s and 2000s. Furthermore,
it examines the role of key Japanese ministries in the overall Japanese
geopolitical engagement in Central Asia. When the five Central Asian republics of the
ussr became independent in 1991, they soon encountered a proactive engagement
of Japanese diplomacy toward them. Besides boosting bilateral assistance and economic
ties, official Tokyo has vigorously promoted the Central Asian states’ eligibility
in many international financial institutions and provided extensive advice on reform
policies. Both Japanese and Central Asian officials shared a preference for gradualism
in economic reforms as a popular approach alternative to the Western neoliberalism
in Central Asian countries, although the extent of embracing gradualism varied upon
individual republics and advising officials. Spurred by the failures of the Washington
consensus and financial crises of the 1990s, Central Asian gradualism can be regarded
as an early precursor attempt at post-neoliberalism.

The fourth volume of the “Archaeological sites of the Xiongnu” consisted of reedition of first data from these sites, which were discovered by J. Talko-Gryntsevich in Trans-Baikal area near Russian-Mongolian border during 1896-1902. The materials were published in local department of Russian Geographical Society under the common name “Materials for paleo-ethnology of Trans-Baikal area”. These
publications are a bibliographic rarity and need for reprinting. Materials of Xiongnu sites (Ilmovaja pad, Eduj, Burdun, Derestuj) as well as number of sites of adjacent epoch are included into the issue. Maps of the sites and the burials, drawed by J. Talko-Grintsevith, tables and photos of finds, the data of anthropological measurements are reproduced. In addition the article by J. Talko-Gryntsevich “The Population of barrows and cemeteries of Trans-Baikal area” is included in the volume.

The University Library in Bologna possesses a plan dated circa 1626, by the Florentine architect and military engineer Giovanni Pieroni, concerning proposed fortification with a contemporary survey of Vyšehrad castle, drawn in particular detail in the area of the ruined former royal acropolis prior to its Baroque redevelopment to a fort, providing a valuable glimpse of the earlier constructions. Additionally the plan depicts elements not revealed from the archaeological excavations, comprehensively published in 2004–2015. Also prospects by the Dutch draftsmen, Roelandt Savery and Paulus van Vianen, who worked in Prague at the court of Rudolph II, are equally valuable for the topography of Vyšehrad. These documents help to interpret other known iconographic sources, mainly the two Sadeler’s prospects from 1606, and depict the royal acropolis in greater detail. They also bring new knowledge of its layout in the period of Charles IV and Wenceslas IV, especially regarding the questions about its gates and palaces.

In recent years, considerable attention has been given to the status and development of the transport sector in Central Asia. The war in Afghanistan has not only created a need for distribution networks for military supplies and personnel, but also accentuated the importance of a viable transport infrastructure that can facilitate cross-border trade and cooperation in the region. This report offers an overview of the transport sector in the five Central Asian republics – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The data were collected between February and April 2012 by individual researchers in each of the five countries. Variations in terms of data availability and quality across the countries must be noted. Sources and methods used are listed in footnotes. The report is divided into three main parts: roads, railways and air transport. The countries’ transport sector development strategies are briefly introduced; finally, two appendices with details of bilateral and regional transport agreements as well as an overview of road border points are provided.

Yenisey yazıtları ifadesi ile, bugünkü Tuva ve Hakasya sınırları içerisinde ele geçmiş yazıtlar anlaşılmaktadır. Yenisey yazıtları, ilk keşfedilen yazıtlar olduğu hâlde Moğolistan’daki büyük kağanlık yazıtlarının gölgesinde kalmaktan kurtulamamıştır. Bunun en önemli nedenlerinden birisi, Moğolistan bozkırlarında bulunan ve özellikle II. Türk Kağanlığı ve Uygur Kağanlığı yazıtlarının satır sayısının çok olmasıdır.
Kitapta, Yenisey yazıtlarının bulunuşu, ilk çalışmalar, Türkiye’de yapılan çalışmalar ve yazıtlarla ilgili genel bilgilerden sonra, bugünkü Tuva ve Hakasya sınırları içerisinde ele geçmiş runik harfli eski Türk yazıtlarının runik harfli metni, transkripsiyonu, günümüz Türkçesine çevirisi, üzerinde yapılan çalışmalar verilmiştir. Her yazıtla ilgili bölümün sonunda o yazıttaki kimi sözcükler ve sözcük grupları üzerinde durulmuş ve etimolojik değerlendirmelere yer verilmiştir. Kitabın sonunda ise dizin, kaynakça ve yazıtlardan resimler bulunmaktadır.

1962 yılında Moskova’da doğan Dugin’in entelektüel dünyada ilk adımlarını Rus gelenekçiliğinin önemli isimlerinden R.Guenon, J.Evola ve G.Meyrink’in çeşitli eserlerini Rusça’ya kazandırarak atmıştır. Strateji, jeopolitik gibi konulardaki yazılarıyla ilgi gören Dugin, 1998-2004 arasında Federal Meclis’in alt kanadı olan Devlet Duması Başkanlığı’nda strateji ve jeopolitik danışmanlığı yapmıştır. 2002-2003 yıllarında Avrasya Birliği Partisi’nin liderliğini yürüten yazar, ardından Uluslararası Avrasya Hareketi’ni kurmuştur. Izvestiya, Literaturnaya Gazeta, Vremya Novostey gibi ulusal yayın organlarında boy gösteren yazar 2008-2014 arasında Moskova Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Fakültesi’nde öğretim üyeliği yapmıştır. Fransız Actuel dergisinin “Sovyet sonrası dönemde en etkin Rus düşünür” olarak tanımladığı Dugin, günümüzde Avrasyacılık ideolojisinin en etkili liderlerinden biri olarak görülmektedir. İncelenen Rus Jeopolitiği: Avrasyacı Yaklaşım adlı kitabı Dugin’in Avrasyacı yaklaşımını en net ve kapsamlı biçimde anlattığı kitabıdır.