I've long been impressed by the anonymous author's erudition and eloquence. But who is he? A geopolitics commentator, he's written Europe off as a global player this century, he thinks very ill of US foreign policy, and he admires Putin's hard-headedness. He's convinced that Islam and demography will dictate how this century pans out in terms of war and peace, is convinced Islam can never be moderate, and, whatever about Europe, he says Putin's Russia will not go gently in to that good night. Russia and America are natural allies this century according to him, and a massive Russian showdown with Islam is on the cards. Spengler's articles make compelling reading. I did think he was Samuel Huntington for a while, but I don't anymore. Read his essays here: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/others/spengler.html