National Conservatism
National conservatism places the nation-state and national identity at the centre of politics. It supports restrictive immigration, national sovereignty over international bodies, traditional family values and economic policies that protect national industry.
- The nation-state is the main unit of political loyalty and self-government.
- Immigration should be limited to preserve national culture and cohesion.
- Economic policy should protect national industry and workers, not only maximise growth.
The term covers older European traditions, such as Gaullism, and has been revived since the 2010s by movements in Europe and the United States. The National Conservatism conferences, launched in 2019 by Yoram Hazony, author of The Virtue of Nationalism (2018), gave it a contemporary platform.
Critics argue that it fosters hostility toward minorities and immigrants and weakens international cooperation. Economic liberals object to its protectionism.
No country or historical regime in our data has National Conservatism as its closest ideology.
National Conservatism is also the second-closest ideology for: Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Roman Republic, Israel.
Method: each ideology is placed at a typical position on the 12 axes, scored from 0 to 100 toward the first pole. Ranks compare it with the other 45 ideologies; matches are 100 minus the average distance across all axes. The positions are our own calibration, not taken from any third-party source.