Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin claims the world is entering a phase of deep geopolitical transformation, that something much worse than conventional wars is coming. "A clash between two opposing visions of the global system."

The US/allies/globalist structures versus Russia/China/Iran/North Korea insisting on sovereignty. He calls it "an existential conflict between two fundamentally different civilizational paradigms."

Internal divisions exist in both blocs. Non-aligned nations like India and the Global South are balancing between the blocs. Ukraine is only one front in a broader conflict. Direct confrontation has already commenced.