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Ruled by the Ba'ath Party from 1968 to 2003, Iraq combined Arab nationalism, state oil and one-party rule. Under Saddam Hussein, the regime intensified repression, fought wars against Iran and Kuwait, and faced international sanctions.
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This position is 42.4 points from the median of the 204 country and regime profiles in this collection.
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This position is 6.9 points from this collection’s median.
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Spanish authoritarian nationalism of Catholic and syndicalist inspiration, advocating a corporatist state, national unity, and social hierarchy, becoming the ideological pillar of Franco's regime in Spain.
Ultranationalist, authoritarian political tradition that places the nation above individual rights, rejects liberal democracy and political pluralism, and glorifies leadership, mobilization, and political violence. Fascist movements varied across countries and periods.
Nationalist and syndicalist current that rejects liberalism and Marxism, advocating national unity, corporatist organization of labor, authoritarian social justice, and popular mobilization around the state.
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Progressive LibertarianismLibertário27.4 / 100Scores below are similarity indices out of 100, calculated from catalog coordinates. They do not establish historical influence or endorsement. How the comparison works ↗
Dictator of Iraq for over two decades, Saddam Hussein led the Baath Party, fought the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War after invading Kuwait, violently repressed Kurds and Shiites, and was overthrown by the US-led invasion in 2003 and executed in 2006.
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A post-Soviet presidential republic, Belarus is ruled by an authoritarian, personalist regime, with strong state control of the economy, repression of the opposition, and a close political alliance with Russia.
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Under Nasser, Egypt was a nationalist, developmentalist republic that nationalized strategic sectors, led pan-Arabism, and united Arab socialism, agrarian reform, and strong leadership in the Middle East.
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