War of Ideas Scoreboard

 The War of Ideas Scoreboard measures the global balance of power between Christianity, Islam, Liberalism, and Marxism through a fixed system of “influence points.” The model translates cultural, political, and institutional developments into measurable shifts in ideological influence.  

The Scoreboard transforms headlines into a coherent record of civilizational change. By systematically logging and weighting events, it provides a living measure of the world’s ideological balance—revealing not only what happens, but what it means in the unfolding War of Ideas.

 Each country received a baseline awared of influence points according to its population, global relevance, and overall influence. Points were then distributed among the four ideologies based on their relative strength within that nation at the time: dominant ideas receive a greater share, while secondary and tertiary ideologies are also represented to capture nuance. This ensures the framework reflects not just who governs a country, but what belief systems actually shape its society.

 Roughly eight percent of the global influence pool is dedicated to major transnational institutions that transcend national boundaries. Entities such as Hollywood, the Catholic Church, and the United Nations play an outsized role in shaping ideas, narratives, and policies across multiple regions, warranting their own category in the Scoreboard.

Smaller ideologies (such as Hinduism, Judiasm)  that dominate a country are scored as a fifth category, "Unaligned." Unaligned Ideologies do not have the reach, adherents or institutions to compete for global dominance in the War of Ideas. Thus, they are not considered main combatants; nonetheless, the do exert influence on the battefield. 

The above scoreboard does not sum to 100% because a certain percentage of global influence points are awarded to Unaligned Ideologies that are the dominant idealogies in a given country (e.g., India, Israel). 

 The Scoreboard is updated as major world events occur. Each development—whether political, cultural, or religious—is logged, categorized, and assigned a score based on its scale and significance. Events are chosen for their lasting impact on the ideological landscape rather than for their immediacy in the news cycle.

 The model uses a sliding scale of influence to account for the differing weight of global actors. Events in large, powerful, and culturally influential nations carry greater significance than comparable events in smaller or less globally connected countries. A revolution, election, or cultural shift in a major power reverberates across the international system, while similar developments in smaller states typically have more localized effects.

 The total number of influence points remains fixed across all four ideologies. When one gains, another must lose. This zero-sum system mirrors the reality of the global ideological struggle—every advance comes at someone else’s expense.

 The Scoreboard is not intended to log every news event or daily headline. Its focus is on major turning points—moments that meaningfully alter the global balance of ideas. Because the framework is built from a Western analytical perspective, it naturally reflects some Western bias in how influence is interpreted and weighted, particularly when assessing which events most strongly affect the global ideological contest.