Françoise Thom explores a disturbing convergence between radical wings of American power and the Kremlin's mystical imperialism: the grip of eschatology (end-times doctrine) on geopolitics. In the U.S., Evangelical "dispensationalism" and Christian Zionism push toward an apocalyptic clash in the Middle East to hasten Christ’s return. Mirroring this, Alexander Dugin theorizes an alliance between Russian Orthodoxy and Iranian Shiism, united in a "lesser jihad" against the liberal Antichrist. The analysis reveals how these millenarian visions remove conflicts from the realm of reason, transforming them into insoluble metaphysical struggles. Whether through theology or nuclear threats (the "secularization" of the apocalypse by Karaganov), this "politics of the worst" seeks to shatter the international order in favor of a purifying chaos, supported by nihilistic figures like Peter Thiel.






