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{{Ideology |themecolor = #ffffff |textcolor = #ff00af |title = Third Way

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|aliases = Social Neoliberalism
Neolib-Soclib synthesis
Right-Wing Social Democracy
RightSocDem
Third Way Liberalism
Soft Imperialism (By Kyle Kulinski)
Woke Imperialism (pejoratively by DemSoc)
Liberal Hawk
Clintonism
Paternalistic Neoconservatism
Pragmatic Liberalism
Högersosse (In Sweden)
Blairism
Brownism
Giddenism
Obamaism
Blatcherism (pejoratively)
Göranism
Stoltenberg Doctrine
Starmerism
Krautism
Social-ism
Keynesianism-Friedmanism
Saxophone politics (by File:JJ.png JJ McCullough)
Social Liberalism 2.0
Chicagoan Social Liberalism
Keynesean Neoliberalism
Liberal Social Democracy
|alignments = Center
Culturally Left
Democratic
Liberals
Syncretic
Welfarists
Capitalists |influenced = Macronism
Nordic Model (some) |song =There is a Third Way Bill Clinton playing sax
Gaming in the Clinton Years intro
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Things can only get better
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GTA V The Third Way Battle
Democratic National Convention - Our Fight Song |theorists =

Commonwealth Realm

• Anthony Giddens (1938-) UK (Founder)
• Bob Hawke (1929-2019) Australia
• Paul Keating (1944-) Australia
• Jean Chrétien (1934-) Canada
• Michael Ignatieff (1947-) Canada
• Christopher Hitchens (1949-) UK/ USA
• Helen Clark (1950-) New Zealand
• Tony Blair (1953-) UK
• Gordon Brown (1951-) UK
• Hilary Benn (1953-) UK
• Kevin Rudd (1957-) Australia
• Julia Gillard (1961-) Australia
• Keir Starmer (1962-) UK
• JK Rowling (1965-) UK
• Chrystia Freeland (1968-) Canada
• Justin Trudeau (1971-) Canada
• Jacinda Ardern (1980-) New Zealand

The United States

• Jimmy Carter (1924-) USA
• Madeleine Albright (1937-2022) Czechia/ USA
• Nancy Pelosi (1940-) USA
• Joe Biden (1942-) USA
• John Kerry (1943-) USA
• Bob Kerrey (1944-) USA
• Wesley Clark (1944-) USA
• Bill Clinton (1946-) USA
• Hillary Clinton (1947-) USA
• Sidney Blumenthal (1948-) USA
• Al Gore (1948-) USA
• Francis Fukuyama (1952-) USA
• Rod Blagojevich (1956-) USA
• Kathy Hochul (1958-) USA
• Barack Obama (1961-) USA
• Michelle Obama (1964-) USA
• Anthony Blinken (1962-) USA
• Kamala Harris (1964-) USA
• Stephen Colbert (1964-) USA
• Susan Rice (1964-) USA
• Gavin Newson (1967-) USA
• Samantha Power (1970-) Ireland/ USA
• Rachel Maddow (1973-) USA
• Jen Psaki (1978-) USA
• Pete Buttigieg (1982-) USA
• David Pakman (1984-) Argentina/ USA
• Trevor Noah (1984-) South Africa/ USA

Western Europe {{Collapse|

• Francois Mitterand (1916-1996) France
• Alexander Yakovlev (1923-2005) Russia
• Valdas Adamkus (1925-) Lithuania/ USA
• Ion Iliescu (1930-) Romania

• Ingvar Carlsson (1934-) Sweden
• Wim Kok (1938-2018) Netherlands
• Romano Prodi (1939-) Italy
• Paavo Lipponen (1941-) Finland
• Javier Solana (1942-) Spain
• Gerhard Schröder (1944-) Germany
• Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1943-) Denmark
• Göran Persson (1949-) Sweden
• Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1954-) Poland
• Francois Hollande (1954-) France
• David Sassoli (1956-2022) Italy
• Anna Lindh (1957-2003) Sweden
• Stefan Löfven (1957-) Sweden
• José Sócrates (1957-) Portugal
• Jens Stoltenberg (1959-) Norway
• António Costa (1961-) Portugal
• Ferenc Gyurcsány (1961-) Hungary
• Ann Linde (1961-) Sweden
• Peter Hultqvist (1958-) Sweden
• Olaf Scholz (1958-) Germany
• Jonas Gahr Støre (1960-) Norway
• Manuel Valls (1962-) France
• Jan Björklund (1962-) Sweden
• Edi Rama (1964-) Albania
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt (1966-) Denmark
• Magdalena Andersson (1967-) Sweden
• Vitali Klitschko (1971-) Ukraine]]
• Srđa Popović (1973-) Serbia
• Matteo Renzi (1975-) Italy
• [[Neoliberalism|Emmanuel Macron (1977-), France
• Peter Wolodarski (1978-) Sweden
• Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (1982-) Belarus
• Annie Lööf (1983-) Sweden
• Annalena Baerbock (1980-) Germany
• Joseph "Kraut" Lancaster (?-) Germany/ UK/ Austria

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West/South Asia

• Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995) Israel
• Shimon Peres (1923-2016) Israel
• P.V. Narashima Rao (1921-2004) India
• Manmohan Singh (1932-) India
• Jalal Talabani (1933-2017) Iraq
• Ehud Barak (1942-) Israel
• Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) Pakistan
• Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952-) Pakistan
• Salam Fayyad (1951-) Palestine
• Isaac Herzog (1960-) Israel
• Yair Lapid (1963-) Israel
• Merav Michaeli (1966-) Israel

East Asia

• Kim Dae-jung (1924-2009) South Korea
• Corazon Aquino (1933-2009) Philippines
• Martin Lee (1938-) Hong Kong
• Ban Ki-moon (1944-) South Korea
• Roh Moo-hyun (1946-2009) South Korea
• Naoto Kan (1946-) Japan
• Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947-) Indonesia
• Yukio Hatoyama (1947-) Japan
• Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-) Thailand
• Chen Shui-bian (1950-) Taiwan
• Abert Ho (1951-) Hong Kong
• Emily Lau (1952-) Hong Kong
• Moon Jae-in (1953-) South Korea
• Tsai Ing-wen (1956-) Taiwan
• Yoshihiko Noda (1957-) Japan
• Joko Widodo (1961-) Indonesia
• Chee Soon Juan (1962-) Singapore
• Lee Jae-myung (1964-) South Korea
• Yingluck Shinawatra (1967-) Thailand
• Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit (1978-) Thailand
• Hannah Yeoh (1979-) Malaysia

Latin America

• Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922-2010) Venezuela
• Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931-) Brazil
• Ricardo Lagos (1938-) Chile
• Alan García (1949-2019) Peru
• Juan Manuel Santos (1951-) Colombia
• Lenín Moreno (1953-) Ecuador
• Juan Guaidó (1983-) Venezuela

Africa

• Thabo Mbeki (1942-) South Africa
• Cyril Ramaphosa (1952-) South Africa

|influences= Economic Liberalism
Neoconservatism
Neoliberalism
Progressivism
Radical Centrism
Social Democracy
Social Liberalism
Social Capitalism
Syncretic Liberalism

• Clintonism
  • Neoliberalism
  • Liberalism
  • Interventionism
  • Patriotism
  • Radical Centrism
  • Sexocracy (Accused)
  • Liberal Feminism ( Hillary Clinton)

• Blairism
  • Interventionism
  • Ethical Socialism
    
  • Right-Social Democracy
  • Neoliberalism
  • Police Statism
  • Social Capitalism
  • Thatcherism
  • Devolutionism
  • Patriotism
  • Globalism

• Brownism
  • Right-Social Democracy
  • Anti-Drug
  • Atlanticism
  • Constitutionalism
  • Environmentalism
  • Inclusivism

• Starmerism
  • Right-Social Democracy
  • Environmentalism
  • Atlanticism
  • Constitutional Monarchism
  • Fiscal Conservatism
  • Communitarianism
  • Patriotism
  • Anti-Socialism
  • Machiavellianism
  • Decentralization

• Guaidóism
  • Anti-Authoritarianism
  • Anti-Chavism
  • Anti-Communism
  • Anti-Socialism
  • Economic Liberalism
  • Liberal Democracy
  • Populism
  • Right-Social Democracy

• Krautism
  • Anti-Authoritarianism
  • Anti-Communism
  • Anti-Conservatism
  • Anti-Religion
  • Anti-Islam (Formerly)
  • Anti-Nationalism
  • Anti-Populism
  • Anti-Radicalism
  • Anti-SJW (Formerly)
  • Anti-Socialism
  • Atlanticism
  • Green Liberalism
  • Humanistic Capitalism
  • Laicism
  • Muscular Liberalism
  • Nordic Capitalism
  • Pro-Europeanism (In recent times)
  • Radical Centrism
  • Right-Social Democracy
  • Social Liberalism

|examples=* New Labour (1990s-2010), UK

• New Democrats (1990s-), USA
  

|likes= NATO
Military Interventions (Usually)
Globalism
EU
Regulated Capitalism
Market-based Welfare State
Nordic countries (sometimes) |dislikes= Right-Wing Populism
Corbynites
Communism
Unbridled Capitalism
Whistleblowers and Wikileaks }} Third Way is an economically centre to centre-right, civically moderate and culturally centre-left to left-wing ideology inhabiting the centre square. It is the child of Neoliberalism and Social Liberalism, borrowing elements from both. As with most centrist balls, it seeks to find a compromise between different political positions.

History

The modern understanding of Third Way politics was popularized in the 1990s by Anthony Giddens, who wrote a series of books detailing the qualities of the Third Way. He called for a re-evaluation of policies from both progressive and conservative parties. The ideology became popular in many western countries, including the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Mainland Europe. The most notable advocates for Third Way are former American president Bill Clinton and former UK prime minister Tony Blair, who both supported its ideas while in office during the 1990s and early 2000s

United Kingdom

In the 90s, the concept of the "Third Way" was first thought up by Anthony Gidden. Originally intended to be a rebranded version of Social Democracy, aswell as an alternative to traditional forms of Socialism and Capitalism. The Labour Party, after 4 consecutive election losses to the Tory Party, decided to adopt Gidden's idea of the "Third Way" under the leadership of Tony Blair and rebranded itself as "New Labour". Blair moved the party to the right, embracing most of Margaret Thatcher's polices. Blair went on to beat the Tories in a landslide in 1997, being the first Labour leader to be PM in 18 years. After his involvement in the Iraq War in 2003, Blair's premiership became increasingly unpopular with the public. He resigned in 2007 and was replaced with Gordan Brown, who was nearly identical to Blair in policy but differed interpersonally. Brown lost in a landslide against the Tories under David Cameron in 2010. His replacement, Ed Miliband was slightly to the left of him and Blair, but still compromised on issues like austerity. In 2015, Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour Party and his victory was seen as a rejection of the Blairite establishment and the party finally moving back to the left. However, now that Corbyn has been replaced with new leader Keir Starmer, the party has now mostly reverted back to the centre.

United States

In the mid 80s, the New Democrats faction of the Democratic Party first appeared, emerging after the landslide victories by president Ronald Reagan. Instead of continuing with the more left-leaning direction the party had taken since FDR, this new group embraced Reagan's economic reforms with more of an emphasis on progressive values, due to feeling that the party was becoming out of touch on economic issues. Bill Clinton became the first New Democrat to win the presidency in 1992, with the New Democrats becoming the dominant faction in the party since. Barack Obama, in a meeting with the New Democrat Coalition, said he was a New Democrat. Hillary Clinton ran for president in 2016 as a New Democrat, but lost. During the presidency of Donald Trump, many Moderates in the Republican Party swapped to the New Democrat Coalition. Joe Biden, one of the first New Democrats, won the American presidency in 2020.

France

One of the most notable proponents of Third Way politics in France is current president Emmanuel Macron and his party "La République En Marche!". The party was founded with a goal to "modernise and moralise" French politics, and would go on to win in a landslide against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the 2017 election. Politicians also associated with Third Way politics include former president François Hollande and former prime minister Manuel Valls.

Overall

As the political situation is different, there is a difference between the interpretation of third way by each country. Although each country does not explicitly advocate a “third way,” one commonality can be found:

These Third way(left-wing regimes) have largely embraced neoliberalism since the 1980s, denying the existing excessive welfare policies, and claiming a new radical center course, breaking away from socialist ideology.

The left, which has represented the working class, sets the new middle class as a political base and attempts change as the living standards of the working class improve and the scope expands

Beliefs

Third Way believes in a theory of "social-ism" which tries to pursue the goals of equality and social justice in a framework of a Neoliberal society. By fusing traditional social democratic goals with an acceptance of globalism and free markets, Third Way creates a philosophy which is similar to Social Liberalism or Radical Centrism, but built on a more modern theoretical basis. In Beyond Left and Right, Giddens gives a 6 point ideological framework of the Third Way

• Repair damaged solidarities.
• Recognise the centrality of life politics.
• Accept that active trust implies generative politics.
• Embrace dialogic democracy.
• Rethink the welfare state.
• Confront violence.

Economics

It supports a "social capitalist" economy with free-markets and less economic intervention. It supports welfare but advocates reform to encourage people to work, dubbed "workfare". It has pursued other neoliberal policies such as deregulation and privatisation

Foreign Policy

Proponents of the Third Way have been known to take a generally interventionist foreign policy and have made several alliances with Neoconservatism. Most infamous example being when Tony Blair allied with George W. Bush to invade Iraq in 2003.

Another example is the German Green Party, which holds broadly atlanticist and pro-NATO stances on diplomacy. It follows what it dubs a "foreign policy to protect human rights", manifested in their hawkish stance on autocratic regimes such as Russia and China. Current German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has stated in the past that military intervention is sometimes necessary in order to save human lives.
The most infamous example of military intervention by the Greens is that of 1999, when the foreign minister Joschka Fischer decided to deploy German troops in Kosovo, thus marking the first time since WW2 that German troops have been involved in a foreign war. This action made Fischer receive high amounts of criticism, particularly from the contemporary red-green coalition as well as the opposition, the former of which having felt left behind in the decision making process.

Criticism

Some leftists still argue that even if the equality of labor and educational opportunities (which is proposed as a welfare policy) provides opportunities for everyone, it is difficult to guarantee "actual equality" because the situation after that (emoloyment, startup ect..) is left to one's ability.
Opinions from socialists

How to Draw

Pink Rose Design

Flag of Third Way (Pink rose design)

1. Draw a ball
2. Draw a rose in pink
3. Add the eyes and you're done!

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Official Logo Design

Flag of Third Way (Official Logo)

1. Draw a ball
2. Draw the a black compass with a ring
3. Add the eyes and you're done!

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	Black	#141414	20, 20, 20
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Relationships

Friends

• Machiavellianism - Time to strategicaly combine neolib and soclib to ensure some markets and some welfare.
• Neoliberalism - I owe it all to you, Dad! But please compromise with Soclib.
• Radical Centrism - Mixing up the center gang.
• Moderatism - One of my biggest fans.
• Social Liberalism - Cousin that shares a lot with me, but is not that willing to compromise with Chicago School of economics. He denies that he has anything to do with me but deep down he knows he and most of his leaders loves me.
• Democratism - Fellow member of Bill Clinton and Obama fan club.
• Neoconservatism - Invade Iraq? Now that's a great idea! Still,calm down a bit.
• Social Capitalism - I like the sound of this.
• Social Libertarianism - Economically based, socially based. A bit too libertarian for my liking but still great!
• Ordo-Liberalism - My German predecessor.
• Fiscal Conservatism - Austerity time!
• Rockefeller Republicanism - My more conservative brother. We must stay moderate!
• Liberalism - Grandpa who is too anti-war sometimes but good direction.
• Liberaltarianism - Best type of libertarian.
• Welfarism - Ok, just need some reform to get people working again.
• Nordic Model - Scandinavian pal.
• Police Statism - Hey buddy, want some more military gear?
• Bull Moose Progressivism - Too nationalist and economically a bit too far, but we are both progressive welfarist hawks.

Mixed

• Conservatism - Too culturally right sometimes but your economic view is ok.
• Liberal Conservatism - A member of the centrist moderate Gang and some of my supporter used to support you but please compromise with soclib instead of him. Also a Republican worth changing parties for but still, see you in elections!
• Classical Liberalism - My great-grandpa! Even more anti-war, but at least economically based.Still,my regulation is necessary.
• Social Democracy - What do you mean deregulation and cutting welfare "goes against what Social Democracy stands for"?
• Chicagoan Libertarianism - A free market need welfare and regulation,and can you focus on equality a little bit more?
• Keynesianism - I support regulatory capitalism and welfare, but can you please be more fiscally responcible and more privatized?
• Gaddafism - While he may be a totalitarian dictator, I like his idea of the "Third International Theory" and we had a brief alliance in the 2000s. But I still had to take him out when the time came.
• Progressivism - Feminism and gay rights sound pretty cool! Just please don't bring up Iraq or Clinton banning gay marriage

Enemies

• Socialism - No, not "Socialism", Social-ism!
• Ethnic Nationalism - I had fun bombing Milosevic in the 90's.
• Democratic Socialism - I'm not letting you reclaim the party.
• Marxism–Leninism - Bloody tankie!
• Left-Wing Populism - Bloody Corbynites!
• National Socialism - You're third position, not third way!
• Fascism - Same with you!
• Reactionary Liberalism - I dont care that we argee on economic,leave me alone you reactionary bigot.You tainted the Liberal name!
• Democratic Confederalism - Yes, I helped Turkey capture Öcalan, and yes, you are terrorists!
• Ba'athism - I will never apologise for Iraq!
• Welfare Chauvinism - Utterly insane extremist and my complete opposite! Way too culturally far-right and economically left, the worst of both worlds.
• Trumpism - Utterly deplorable! Iignore the fact that we were friends for years before running against each other.
• Right-Wing Populism - European supporters of the above.
• Paleoconservatism - you are like him but even more Racist,Regressive and authoritarian.I literally despise you!
• Libertarianism - Too anti-war, and the economy is too deregulated!
• Libertarian Conservatism - You basically combine the worst of both Libertarianism and Conservatism.
• Conservative Socialism - Conservative and Socialist, truly hell.
• National Conservatism - Damn Trumpian like "reactionaries"!
• Korwinism - If Trump was a Pole.
• Alt-Lite - Can you stop comparing Libya and Iraq to Ukraine, Watson?!
• Classical Conservatism - Bloody Enoch!

Further Information

For overlapping political theory, see
Neoliberalism, Progressivism, Social Democracy, Social Liberalism, State Liberalism and Radical Centrism.

Literature

• The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy by Anthony Giddens
• Beyond Left and Right: The Future of Radical Politics by Anthony Giddens
• A Journey: My Political Life by Tony Blair
• Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government by Bill Clinton
• The Purple Book: A Progressive Future For Labour by Various Blairite Labour MPs

Wikipedia

• Third Way
• Blairism
• Brownism
• Clintonism

Parties and Organizations

• New Labour
• Progress
• Third Way (Organization)
• New Democrats
• New Democrat Coalition
• Labor Right (Australia)
• Brazilian Social Democracy Party
• La République En Marche!
• Renziani
• National Liberation Party
• Social Party of National Unity
• Union,Progress and Democracy
• Third Way
• APRA
  • Aprismo
• Purple Party

YT Channels

• Kraut and Tea
• Liberal Sanity Project
• Arken the Amerikan
• ShortFatOtaku

Videos

• I Watched 287 of the WORST Game Reviews Ever by Caddicarus
• The Rise and Fall of New Labour by BritMonkey
• The Century of the Self - Part 4: "Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering" by Adam Curtis

Online Communities

• thirdway.org

Images

And Justice for all by Michael D’Antuono

Gallery

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