Economic
Statist ← → Market
Degree to which the actor favors market mechanisms (positive) vs. state allocation (negative).
- Mean
- -0.67
- Range
- -9.0 → 8.0
- Scored
- 83 parties
axes catalog
Axes catalog
Every dimension Tayyar scores parties on. The two compass axes drive the default plot; the 14 issue axes appear on every party's spider chart and have their own deep-dive page each.
The means, ranges, extremes, and correlations below are properties of the v0.2 reliability scaffolding — hand-coded estimates, not settled measurements. See the methodology.
Compass axes
The default 2-axis projection on the home page.
Social
Authority ← → Libertarian
Personal and moral social freedom — lifestyle, LGBTQ+ rights, individual expression, religion-in-private — permissive (+) vs traditional collective moral authority (−). This axis is about SOCIAL / MORAL liberty, NOT security policy, nationalism, or economics: a party can be nationalist-hawkish yet socially permissive (secular nationalists), or dovish yet socially conservative.
- Mean
- -1.41
- Range
- -9.0 → 8.0
- Scored
- 83 parties
Correlation matrix
Pearson r between every axis pair across all 83 parties in the dataset. Read it as: red cells are pairs of axes that move together (a party with a high score on one tends to have a high score on the other); blue cells are pairs that move opposite. The diagonal is always 1 by construction. The brighter the cell, the stronger the relationship.
| Economic | Social | State & religion | Liberal democracy | West alignment | Regional stance | Palestinian question | Civil liberties | Regime stance | Pan-Arab vs particularist | Centralism vs federalism | Traditionalism vs modernization | Gender equality | Iran posture | Press freedom | Sectarian power-sharing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic | +1.00 | -0.19 | -0.19 | -0.04 | +0.76 | +0.69 | -0.45 | -0.12 | +0.47 | -0.63 | -0.03 | +0.07 | +0.08 | -0.80 | +0.01 | -0.17 |
| Social | -0.19 | +1.00 | +0.95 | +0.76 | +0.17 | +0.24 | +0.12 | +0.80 | -0.04 | +0.14 | +0.21 | +0.91 | +0.98 | -0.27 | +0.88 | +0.14 |
| State & religion | -0.19 | +0.95 | +1.00 | +0.66 | +0.15 | +0.21 | +0.12 | +0.70 | -0.01 | +0.05 | +0.25 | +0.91 | +0.97 | -0.29 | +0.85 | +0.08 |
| Liberal democracy | -0.04 | +0.76 | +0.66 | +1.00 | +0.21 | +0.25 | +0.18 | +0.97 | -0.16 | +0.16 | +0.37 | +0.68 | +0.82 | -0.42 | +0.97 | +0.15 |
| West alignment | +0.76 | +0.17 | +0.15 | +0.21 | +1.00 | +0.96 | -0.56 | +0.14 | +0.62 | -0.56 | +0.07 | +0.37 | +0.50 | -0.82 | +0.54 | -0.15 |
| Regional stance | +0.69 | +0.24 | +0.21 | +0.25 | +0.96 | +1.00 | -0.52 | +0.18 | +0.57 | -0.56 | +0.10 | +0.38 | +0.45 | -0.86 | +0.46 | -0.00 |
| Palestinian question | -0.45 | +0.12 | +0.12 | +0.18 | -0.56 | -0.52 | +1.00 | +0.16 | -0.48 | +0.72 | +0.06 | +0.05 | +0.02 | +0.72 | -0.04 | +0.24 |
| Civil liberties | -0.12 | +0.80 | +0.70 | +0.97 | +0.14 | +0.18 | +0.16 | +1.00 | -0.22 | +0.19 | +0.38 | +0.71 | +0.87 | -0.40 | +0.99 | +0.12 |
| Regime stance | +0.47 | -0.04 | -0.01 | -0.16 | +0.62 | +0.57 | -0.48 | -0.22 | +1.00 | -0.26 | -0.27 | +0.12 | +0.31 | -0.53 | +0.25 | -0.15 |
| Pan-Arab vs particularist | -0.63 | +0.14 | +0.05 | +0.16 | -0.56 | -0.56 | +0.72 | +0.19 | -0.26 | +1.00 | -0.27 | -0.05 | +0.03 | +0.43 | +0.09 | +0.30 |
| Centralism vs federalism | -0.03 | +0.21 | +0.25 | +0.37 | +0.07 | +0.10 | +0.06 | +0.38 | -0.27 | -0.27 | +1.00 | +0.22 | +0.50 | -0.01 | +0.59 | -0.28 |
| Traditionalism vs modernization | +0.07 | +0.91 | +0.91 | +0.68 | +0.37 | +0.38 | +0.05 | +0.71 | +0.12 | -0.05 | +0.22 | +1.00 | +0.97 | -0.34 | +0.83 | +0.10 |
| Gender equality | +0.08 | +0.98 | +0.97 | +0.82 | +0.50 | +0.45 | +0.02 | +0.87 | +0.31 | +0.03 | +0.50 | +0.97 | +1.00 | -0.43 | +0.86 | +1.00 |
| Iran posture | -0.80 | -0.27 | -0.29 | -0.42 | -0.82 | -0.86 | +0.72 | -0.40 | -0.53 | +0.43 | -0.01 | -0.34 | -0.43 | +1.00 | -0.51 | -0.46 |
| Press freedom | +0.01 | +0.88 | +0.85 | +0.97 | +0.54 | +0.46 | -0.04 | +0.99 | +0.25 | +0.09 | +0.59 | +0.83 | +0.86 | -0.51 | +1.00 | +1.00 |
| Sectarian power-sharing | -0.17 | +0.14 | +0.08 | +0.15 | -0.15 | -0.00 | +0.24 | +0.12 | -0.15 | +0.30 | -0.28 | +0.10 | +1.00 | -0.46 | +1.00 | +1.00 |
Strongest correlations
Pairs that travel together hardest. Many of these reflect a single underlying cleavage (e.g. religion-in-state and palestinian-question both load onto a regional Islamist–secular axis).
- Press freedom ↔ Sectarian power-sharing +1.00
- Gender equality ↔ Sectarian power-sharing +1.00
- Civil liberties ↔ Press freedom +0.99
- Social ↔ Gender equality +0.98
- Liberal democracy ↔ Civil liberties +0.97
Most independent
Pairs that carry separate information. These axes are doing distinct explanatory work — knowing a party's score on one doesn't tell you its score on the other.
- Regional stance ⊥ Sectarian power-sharing -0.00
- Economic ⊥ Press freedom +0.01
- Centralism vs federalism ⊥ Iran posture -0.01
- State & religion ⊥ Regime stance -0.01
- Palestinian question ⊥ Gender equality +0.02
Issue axes
Drive the spider chart on every party page. Pick any pair for the compass via the dropdowns on the compass.
State & religion
Religious state ← → Secular state
Separation of religion from state and law (positive) vs. religious authority in state and law (negative).
- Mean
- +0.12
- Range
- -10.0 → 9.0
- Scored
- 83 parties
Liberal democracy
Weak/anti ← → Strong commitment
Commitment to LIBERAL democracy — independent courts, free press, opposition and minority rights, limits on executive power. NOT mere electoral participation: a party that contests elections but works to weaken the judiciary, entrench ethnic or religious supremacy, or curb minority and dissident rights scores LOW (−). Strong commitment to liberal-democratic checks scores HIGH (+).
- Mean
- +0.35
- Range
- -9.0 → 8.5
- Scored
- 83 parties
West alignment
Anti-Western ← → Pro-Western
STRATEGIC and security alignment with Western (US/EU) blocs — military cooperation, diplomatic partnership, trade. This is geopolitical orientation, NOT cultural affinity for liberal Western values: a religious-nationalist party can be strongly pro-Western strategically (wants US arms and backing) while rejecting Western liberal social values. Score the strategic posture. Pro-Western (+), anti-Western or hostile-nonaligned (−).
- Mean
- +0.58
- Range
- -10.0 → 8.5
- Scored
- 81 parties
Regional stance
Resistance/maximalist ← → Stability/normalization
Posture toward the regional order: the "Axis of Resistance" (Iran–Hezbollah–Hamas–Houthis, anti-normalization, armed struggle) at the negative pole vs the normalization / stability camp (Abraham Accords, Gulf–Israel détente, negotiated settlement) at the positive pole. Pro-Palestinian sympathy ALONE does not make an actor "resistance" — score toward resistance (−) only for alignment with armed-resistance or anti-normalization politics; an actor that pursues its regional aims THROUGH negotiation and normalization leans positive (+).
- Mean
- -0.28
- Range
- -10.0 → 7.0
- Scored
- 82 parties
Palestinian question
Opposed ← → Pro-Palestinian rights
Position on Palestinian rights, statehood, and self-determination — strong support (positive) vs. opposition (negative).
- Mean
- +5.73
- Range
- -10.0 → 10.0
- Scored
- 83 parties
Civil liberties
Restrict ← → Expand
Speech, protest, dissent, association, press freedom — expand and protect (positive) vs. restrict (negative).
- Mean
- -0.05
- Range
- -9.0 → 9.0
- Scored
- 81 parties
Regime stance
anti-regime ← → pro-regime
Stance toward the state's foundational constitutional order — for Israel the Zionist-democratic state; for republics and monarchies the existing political order. Pro-regime (+) accepts and defends that order; anti-regime (−) rejects or seeks to overturn it. This measures stance toward the FOUNDATIONAL ORDER, not the incumbent government: an opposition party loyal to the constitutional order still scores positive.
- Mean
- +2.11
- Range
- -9.0 → 10.0
- Scored
- 78 parties
Pan-Arab vs particularist
particularist ← → pan-Arab
Degree to which the actor frames its politics around pan-Arab solidarity (the Nasserist, Baathist, and contemporary anti-normalization tradition) versus country- or community-specific particularism (sectarian, ethnic, monarchic, or nation-state-first frames). One of the major regional cleavages.
- Mean
- +0.84
- Range
- -9.0 → 9.8
- Scored
- 66 parties
Centralism vs federalism
centralist ← → federalist
Position on state structure: favoring a strong unitary central state versus power-sharing among regions, sects, or ethnic groups. Salient in MENA where Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria have consociational or federal frames while Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco are strongly centralist. Kurdish parties and Yemeni southern movements sit at the federalist extreme.
- Mean
- -3.56
- Range
- -9.0 → 9.5
- Scored
- 78 parties
Traditionalism vs modernization
traditionalist ← → modernizing
Position on social and institutional modernization versus tradition. Captures stance on issues like womens rights, religious authority in public life, reform of family law, openness to technological and economic transformation. Distinct from the secular-religious axis: an actor can be religious and modernizing (Vision 2030) or secular and traditionalist (state-corporatist nationalism).
- Mean
- +1.24
- Range
- -9.0 → 7.5
- Scored
- 78 parties
Gender equality
Patriarchal traditionalism ← → Gender equality
Position on women's rights, gender roles in public life, family law (personal status, divorce, custody, inheritance), and political representation. Distinct from the broader modernization axis: a party can be tech-modernizing and gender-conservative.
- Mean
- -2.95
- Range
- -9.0 → 8.0
- Scored
- 22 parties
Iran posture
Anti-Iran / adversarial ← → Pro-Iran / aligned
Position toward the Islamic Republic of Iran as a regional actor: alliance, hostility, or neutrality. Independent from West alignment — a party can be anti-Western AND anti-Iran (most Sunni Salafi groups), or pro-Western AND anti-Iran (Saudi, UAE, post-1979 Israel), or anti-Western AND pro-Iran (Hezbollah, Houthis, post-2003 Iraqi Shia parties).
- Mean
- -1.63
- Range
- -10.0 → 10.0
- Scored
- 19 parties
Press freedom
State-controlled press ← → Free press
Position on journalism, broadcast media, and digital information access. Distinct from broader civil liberties: a regime can selectively restrict press while allowing other forms of speech (or vice versa). Captures both legal frameworks (defamation law, licensing, internet shutdowns) and political enforcement.
- Mean
- -2.45
- Range
- -9.0 → 8.0
- Scored
- 21 parties
Sectarian power-sharing
Consociational / quota system ← → Post-sectarian / civic state
Position on confessional or sectarian political organisation: Lebanese-style consociational quotas, Iraqi muhasasa, Syrian Alawite-network governance, vs post-sectarian / civic-state framings. Relevant primarily to Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Bahrain; less so to Egypt or Saudi Arabia where the question does not structurally arise.
- Mean
- -4.45
- Range
- -7.0 → 4.0
- Scored
- 11 parties