12Axes
Centre

Liberal Developmentalism

The East Asian Tiger model (Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong): champions free markets, foreign trade and private enterprise as engines of growth, paired with an active technocratic state that plans infrastructure, education and strategic industrialization, stopping short of closed protectionism or hard authoritarian control.

Country: Taiwan Key figure: Lee Teng-hui

Profile across the 12 axes

How Liberal Developmentalism positions on each of the 12 political dimensions measured by 12 Axes.

Structure

Strong - Unitary
Federal 26%
Unitary 74%

Representation

Leaning - Democracy
Democracy 70%
Autocracy 30%

Power

Leaning - Liberty
Security 39%
Liberty 61%

Immigration

Leaning - Assimilation
Assimilation 60%
Multiculturalism 40%

Diplomacy

Balanced
Militarist 54%
Pacifist 46%

Intervention

Leaning - Nationalist
Non-interventionist 38%
Nationalist 63%

Economy

Leaning - Private
Public 31%
Private 69%

Control

Balanced
Planning 50%
Free market 50%

Trade

Strong - Globalism
Protectionism 28%
Globalism 73%

Religion

Leaning - Religious
Irreligious 39%
Religious 61%

Morality

Leaning - Traditionalist
Progressive 43%
Traditionalist 58%

Technology

Strong - Technology
Technology 73%
Biology 28%
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