third Rome

The Russian civilizational self-image Jiang cites to explain why Russians can posture as China's junior partner while still imagining themselves superior.

Projected Russian imperial/religious pole in Jiang's multipolar frame.

Moscow's role in Orthodox tradition as successor to Rome and Constantinople, carrying a destiny to restore Christian civilization.

Russian belief that Moscow inherits Rome and Constantinople as the true Christian imperial center.

Jiang says the Chinese do not trust the Russians because Russians remain deeply nationalist and believe themselves superior to China despite posturing as a junior partner.

Jiang expects a multipolar order with an American Technate, Russian Third Rome, and Pax Judaica competing and cooperating for perhaps 10 to 20 years.

Dugin's Foundations of Geopolitics is presented as the source of the Third Rome plan: American unipolar liberalism will collapse because secularism, individualism, and liberalism break community and are anti-human.

The Third Rome strategy is to keep Russia coherent through territory, nationalism, religion, faith, war, and allies while the United States, China, Europe, and the Middle East collapse.

Jiang rejects the NATO-response explanation of Ukraine and says the invasion implements the Third Rome strategy by giving Russia food, energy, and Black Sea export control.

Jiang says Orthodox eschatology expects Moscow as the Third Rome, no Fourth Rome, Russian unification of Orthodoxy, and Greeks returned to Constantinople after Russia defeats Turkey.

Jiang predicts Russia winning in Ukraine, Greeks returning to Constantinople, Europe/NATO destroyed, and Orthodox eschatology achieving the Third Rome prophecy.

Jiang presents World War II in Orthodox-mythic terms as a struggle between Moscow as Third Rome and Nazi Germany as Antichrist, with Stalin as the chosen one who could redeem Russian civilization.