Table 1 Ideal Types of Modern Nations Distinguished by Private Ownership and Political Stability Political Stability Extent of Private Ownership Lots SomeLittle StableCapitalist (U.S., Australia, and Great Britain) Social Democratic (France, Sweden and Finland) Communist (China, Cuba & North Korea) UnstableNew Capitalist (Iraq and Afghanistan) New Social Democratic (Ukraine, Egypt, Tunisia) New Communist (Venezuela & Syria, Laos, Belarus)

Table 2 Religion and Politics PoliticsChristianJewishShiiteSunni ReactionaryRFRAWest Bank Colonizers HouthisTaliban, Al-Kaeda ISIS (ISIL or Daesh) ConservativeRight to LifeHardline Zionists Shiite Nations: Iran ? Sunni Nations: Egypt Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Morocco LiberalRight to Choose Liberal Democrats ?? RadicalSanctuary Liberation Theology Secular Critical Frankfurt School ??

Thinking Processually Mechanisms –Brokerage –Divide and conquer –Selective repression/facilitation –War-making Processes –Privatization –Capital accumulation –Secularization –State-making –Democratization