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Royal family of Kuwait, in power since 1752; the emir rules an emirate with a constitution and an elected assembly he can dissolve. An oil welfare state, neutral and allied with the US.
Political axes
Leans further toward non-interventionist than 92% of the 177 parties and organizations in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Intervention is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Structure, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most parties and organizations.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 268 ideologies
Conservative tradition that accepts social reforms and protection for the poorest to preserve national cohesion, seeing elites as responsible for the people's welfare and for harmony between classes.
Socrates' dialectical method, examining beliefs through rational questioning and the pursuit of virtue, distrustful of mass politics and the rhetoric of demagogues, yet respectful of the city's rule of law.
Current reconciling Islam with electoral democracy through conservative religious parties that run in elections and support a market economy and Muslim values in public life, like Turkey's early AKP and Tunisia's Ennahda.
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Anarcho-NaturismAnarchist35%
Sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020, Qaboos deposed his father, modernized the country with oil income, ruled as an absolute monarch and adopted a foreign policy of neutrality and mediation, grounded in the Ibadi tradition of tolerance.
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Royal family of Qatar, in power since the 19th century; the emir rules a hereditary monarchy built on natural gas, sovereign wealth, soft power (Al Jazeera, the 2022 World Cup), a US base, regional mediation and conservative Islam.
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