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An American statesman, George W. Bush united religious conservatism, tax cuts, and a neoconservative foreign policy, marked by the War on Terror and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
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This position is 37.5 points from the median of the 449 figure profiles in this collection.
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Foreign policy doctrine associated with the 2002 US strategy. It favours military force and preemptive action against threats, alongside the international promotion of democracy, open markets and US-led alliances.
American conservative current associated with Ronald Reagan. It combines lower taxes and a smaller federal economic role with free enterprise, traditional religious values, anticommunism and military strength.
Right-wing current that unites free markets, traditional values, and an interventionist foreign policy, advocating the promotion of democracy and national interests through military force and global leadership.
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CommunalismAnarquismo43.2 / 100Scores below are similarity indices out of 100, calculated from catalog coordinates. They do not establish historical influence or endorsement. How the comparison works ↗
An American statesman, Reagan led the modern conservative right, championing tax cuts, free markets, traditional values, firm anti-communism, and expanded military power.
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An aristocratic republic of antiquity, Rome balanced consuls, Senate, and tribunes of the plebs in a mixed system of elective magistracies, expanding across the Mediterranean through citizen legions and a strong cult of civic virtue.
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