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Leaning Militarist: Diplomacy
57.5–72.4% Militarist · 27.599999999999994–42.5% Pacifist
What this band means
Leaning Militarist covers 57.5–72.4% Militarist. Your answers favor Militarist, with a moderate preference in this part of the questionnaire. Militarist positions give more weight to military capability, deterrence and preparedness. Pacifist positions favor negotiation, disarmament and restraint in the use of force. The axis separates attitudes to military means from the national objectives those means might serve. A strong defense preference can coexist with opposition to overseas intervention. Compare Diplomacy with Intervention before interpreting either as a complete foreign policy. This band describes the direction and distance of your score from the center, rather than the percentage of people who agree with you. Two people in the same band can still disagree on particular policies. Their remaining eleven axes may also differ substantially. Use the sample statements to identify the trade-offs that produced this part of your result. The catalog examples below offer points of comparison within the model; they are not a survey of quiz participants.
Across the reference catalog
These 145 profiles are reference models, not responses from quiz participants. The distributions describe this catalog’s composition.
Among 33 ideologies, the median Diplomacy score is 64% Militarist. The lowest value is 57.5% (Securitarian Democracy), while the highest is 72.4% (Islamism). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 45 countries and regions, the median Diplomacy score is 64.8% Militarist. The lowest value is 57.5% (South Korea), while the highest is 72% (German Empire (Second Reich)). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 67 figures, the median Diplomacy score is 63.7% Militarist. The lowest value is 57.5% (Roger Scruton), while the highest is 71.3% (António de Oliveira Salazar). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Examples in this band
Marxist Socialism
United Kingdom
United Arab Emirates
Lee Kuan Yew
Otto von Bismarck
Henry Kissinger
Richard Nixon
Abbasid Caliphate
Alaska (United States)
How the other axes combine
These are medians for reference profiles in this band. They do not predict the other views of a person with this result.
Among the 145 profiles in Leaning Militarist, Structure has a median of 26.2% Federal and 73.8% Unitary.
Among the 145 profiles in Leaning Militarist, Representation has a median of 40% Democracy and 60% Autocracy.
Among the 145 profiles in Leaning Militarist, Power has a median of 68.8% Security and 31.2% Liberty.
Among the 145 profiles in Leaning Militarist, Immigration has a median of 65% Assimilation and 35% Multiculturalism.
Among the 145 profiles in Leaning Militarist, Intervention has a median of 35% Non-interventionist and 65% Nationalist.
Among the 145 profiles in Leaning Militarist, Economy has a median of 48.4% Public and 51.6% Private.
Among the 145 profiles in Leaning Militarist, Control has a median of 61.3% Planning and 38.7% Free market.
Among the 145 profiles in Leaning Militarist, Trade has a median of 56.8% Protectionism and 43.2% Globalism.
Among the 145 profiles in Leaning Militarist, Religion has a median of 36.3% Irreligious and 63.7% Religious.
Among the 145 profiles in Leaning Militarist, Morality has a median of 28.9% Progressive and 71.1% Traditionalist.
Among the 145 profiles in Leaning Militarist, Technology has a median of 60.6% Technology and 39.4% Biology.
Consider the questions
01A country should maintain strong armed forces to earn respect abroad.
02My country should be able to launch preemptive strikes against enemies preparing to attack.
03Negotiation and diplomacy must be exhausted before any military action.
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