A realist-shaped hole

Ross Douthat introduces the Millman Chart which describes the four traditions of American foreign policy.

The chart was developed in 2007 by Noah Millman to help people discern between realists and neocons. I find myself somewhere in the bottom right of that chart with the Hamiltonians, right where the “realist-shaped hole” exists in the GOP. Millman claims it is these realists that have jumped the Republican ship to board the USS Obama. I plead guilty.

In a semi-related note, this chart reminds me of the Political Compass, a Cartesian take on the traditional left-right political spectrum. I and others from CA and MutantFrog took the test and published our results. I thought it would be interesting to take it again, three and a half years later, to see how my views have changed. Here are the results and dates of each time I took the test:

09 Jan 2005
Economic Left/Right: 3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.54

17 Jun 2005
Economic Left/Right: 5.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.03

01 Dec 2008
Economic Left/Right: 2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.21

A large shift. Reflecting on my transformative experience doing graduate work I figured my social libertarian score would drop, but I am surprised that my economics score has pulled back. I still feel as pro-market as ever. On the whole, I have consistently remained in the same quandrant. Feel free to post your own scores in the comments.