There is a strong indication that this ideological affinity can be seen in many of today's African countries, which follow more or less the same ideological lines of China including Ethiopia.
What he can seek to do is make the losers smile through their tribulation, and this is not inconceivable, because ideological deprivation can be anesthetized by material benefits.
During the Obama years, nominees presenting no ideological threat have been held up in the Republicans' campaign of partisan attack and obstruction — even against trial judges whose decisions are rarely ideological and can be appealed.
CNN has hired reporters from conservative-leaning news outlets and organizations, saying that ideological diversity can be a boon to well-rounded coverage.
Mr. Carrick and others point out that ideological splits can be much more toxic to a nominee than stylistic or even demographic ones.
The most popular Republican presidential hopefuls, and especially George W. Bush, the front-runner, are once again stressing the gentler side of their conservatism.Still, the claim of ideological convergence can be exaggerated.
The three congressmen, who are friends as well as ideological kinsmen, can be credited with supplying a desperately needed dynamism to the Republican remnant in Congress as the Obama era began.
Mr. Kim's ideological lineage can be traced back to Japan's postwar prime minister Yoshida Shigeru, Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, South Korea's military dictator Park Chung-hee, Taiwan's dynastic heir Chiang Ching-kuo and, above all, Deng Xiaoping in China.
Finally, ideological polarization can be measured as Polarization = ID sep ID sep + ID con (23).
It's pure fantasyland to believe, in this day and age, that ideological solutions can be sufficiently transformative and sustainable.
