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Surangel Whipps Jr.

President of Palau, 2021 to present

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A businessman and conservation advocate who keeps Palau’s diplomatic ties with Taiwan and hosts US military radar, and who was re-elected in 2024.

Surangel Whipps Jr. sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are strongly nature-first on environment, strongly institutional on institutions and leaning religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on liberty and authority and interventionism.

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Where Surangel Whipps Jr. sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityCentered on liberty and authority
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Surangel Whipps Jr.

Green conservatismSees protecting land, beauty and heritage as conservative values.99%OrdoliberalismFavors competitive markets protected by firm rules and a strong state, the basis of…96%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…95%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.95%

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