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◆ THE IDEOLOGY ATLAS
Photo of Gamal Abdel Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Historical and international

Photo: Stevan Kragujević, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Position estimated from: Egyptian presidency 1954-70: Arab socialism, Suez nationalization, pan-Arabism, one-party rule.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
18toward collective / planned
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
41near the center
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
85toward authoritarian
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
91strongly toward nationalist
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
61near the center
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
20toward collective ownership
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
80toward state restrictions
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
91strongly toward nationalist
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
45near the center
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
91strongly toward autocratic
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
29toward egalitarian
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
85toward state planning
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
61near the center
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
33toward secular state

These positions are estimates on the Atlas’s nine-dimension scale, produced by running the available evidence through the same questions and scoring used for test-takers. They are interpretations for comparison, not objective measurements. How scores are made.

Key positions

StatementPositionBasis
A national religious authority should have the power to veto legislation.Strongly disagreesestimated
Major industries should be publicly owned rather than privately controlled.Strongly agreesfrom their record
National borders should become less important over time.Strongly disagreesestimated
A strong leader who gets things done matters more than following proper procedures.Strongly agreesestimated
National security can justify restrictions on what journalists publish.Strongly agreesestimated
Society works best when established social hierarchies are respected.Strongly disagreesestimated
Markets generally distribute goods more effectively than government planners.Strongly disagreesestimated
Non-intervention should be the default even when allies request military assistance.Strongly disagreesestimated
Same-sex couples should have the same right to marry as opposite-sex couples.Agreesestimated
Hate speech should be a criminal offense.Agreesestimated

Closest ideologies

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Similar and contrasting figures

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Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.