the compass
The MENA political compass
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Lens Composite Declared Behavioral Showing composite positions for the 20 parties where they diverge; the rest fall back to composite.
Horizontal Economic Social State & religion Liberal democracy West alignment Regional stance Palestinian question Civil liberties Regime stance Pan-Arab vs particularist Centralism vs federalism Traditionalism vs modernization Gender equality Iran posture Press freedom Sectarian power-sharing Anti-Iran / adversarial → Pro-Iran / aligned Vertical Economic Social State & religion Liberal democracy West alignment Regional stance Palestinian question Civil liberties Regime stance Pan-Arab vs particularist Centralism vs federalism Traditionalism vs modernization Gender equality Iran posture Press freedom Sectarian power-sharing Authority → Libertarian
Country Egypt Israel Palestine Lebanon
Family Islamist · Sunni · electoral Islamist · Shia Islamist · militant Islamist · Salafi Religious Jewish Religious Christian Nationalist · Arab Nationalist · ethnic Left · communist Left · social-democratic Secular liberal
In government Lead parties Verified Family centroids
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Reset Hide parties list → ⤢ Expand -10 -10 -5 -5 5 5 10 10 Libertarian · Anti-Iran / adversarial Libertarian · Pro-Iran / aligned Authority · Anti-Iran / adversarial Authority · Pro-Iran / aligned 2 parties 1 parties 9 parties 7 parties religious-jewish centroid · 2 parties nationalist-arab centroid · 2 parties islamist-shia centroid · 4 parties islamist-militant centroid · 2 parties religious-christian centroid · 2 parties islamist-sunni-electoral centroid · 2 parties ← Anti-Iran / adversarial Pro-Iran / aligned → Libertarian ↑ ↓ Authority Social ↕ Iran posture ↔ New Hope (IL) · in government · Iran posture -8.0, Social +2.0 IL New Hope Noam (IL) · in government · Iran posture -9.0, Social -9.0 IL Noam Amal Movement (LB) · in government · Iran posture +7.0, Social -6.0 LB Amal Movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) (YE) · in government · Iran posture +9.0, Social -8.0 YE Ansar Allah (Houthis) Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (SY) · in government · Iran posture -9.0, Social -8.0 SY Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Israeli Labor Party (IL) · Iran posture -8.0, Social +5.8 IL Israeli Labor Party Kataeb Party (LB) · Iran posture -8.5, Social -1.5 LB Kataeb Party Hamas (PS) · in government · Iran posture +7.0, Social -8.0 PS Hamas Likud (IL) · in government · Iran posture -10.0, Social -2.0 IL Likud National Wisdom Movement (IQ) · in government · Iran posture +3.0, Social -4.0 IQ National Wisdom Movement Otzma Yehudit (IL) · in government · Iran posture -10.0, Social -8.0 IL Otzma Yehudit Freedom and Justice Party (EG) · dissolved · Iran posture -3.5, Social -7.5 EG Freedom and Justice Party Hezbollah (LB) · in government · Iran posture +10.0, Social -8.0 LB Hezbollah State of Law Coalition (IQ) · in government · Iran posture +7.0, Social -6.0 IQ State of Law Coalition Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PS) · Iran posture +9.0, Social -9.0 PS Palestinian Islamic Jihad Nour Party (EG) · Iran posture -8.0, Social -9.0 EG Nour Party Lebanese Forces (LB) · Iran posture -9.0, Social -1.0 LB Lebanese Forces Sairoon Alliance (IQ) · Iran posture -4.0, Social -6.0 IQ Sairoon Alliance PFLP (PS) · Iran posture +4.0, Social +4.0 PS PFLP Family Islamist · Sunni · electoral Islamist · Shia Islamist · militant Islamist · Salafi Religious Jewish Religious Christian Nationalist · Arab Nationalist · ethnic Left · communist Left · social-democratic Secular liberal
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