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DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP · 2026

Belarus → United States

This score represents Belarus's relationship toward United States. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.

BLR → USA-21Competitive68% evidence confidenceBroad sourced evidence
USA → BLR-21CompetitiveSymmetric current scores
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL

Current component scores

Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.

Security0

No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.

Why this score?

The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.

Coverage gap: The reviewed official record does not establish a frozen bilateral security rule or mutual-defence obligation.

Diplomacy-40

2 documented factors produce the -40 diplomacy assessment.

Why this score?
  1. -15Serious unresolved political friction
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The official bilateral record documents substantial and continuing political disagreements between the United States and Belarus.

  2. -25War-related sanctions deepen the bilateral rupture
    Active event · 2022

    The United States imposed sweeping financial, export-control and diplomatic costs on Belarus over repression and support for Russia's war against Ukraine.

Economic-30

1 documented factor produce the -30 economic assessment.

Why this score?
  1. -30War-related sanctions deepen the bilateral rupture
    Active event · 2022

    The United States imposed sweeping financial, export-control and diplomatic costs on Belarus over repression and support for Russia's war against Ukraine.

Coverage gap: 2015 reporter-side trade remained below the frozen threshold or was unavailable, and no qualifying standing bilateral economic institution was evidenced.

Alignment-50

2 documented factors produce the -50 alignment assessment.

Why this score?
  1. -30United Nations voting alignment
    Baseline rule · 2015

    A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.

  2. -20War-related sanctions deepen the bilateral rupture
    Active event · 2022

    The United States imposed sweeping financial, export-control and diplomatic costs on Belarus over repression and support for Russia's war against Ukraine.

Disputes0

No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.

Why this score?

The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.

Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not establish an active bilateral territorial claim or a qualifying settled-order rule.

Societal0

No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.

Why this score?

The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.

Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not establish a national-scale people-to-people exchange meeting the frozen societal threshold.

CHANGE SINCE 2015

-8 in 2015 → -21 in 2026

The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.

ACTIVE EVIDENCE

Events affecting the current score

-13

War-related sanctions deepen the bilateral rupture

The United States imposed sweeping financial, export-control and diplomatic costs on Belarus over repression and support for Russia's war against Ukraine.

Interpret with care

This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.

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