Colombia → United States
This score represents Colombia's relationship toward United States. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL
Current component scores
Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.
3 documented factors produce the +38 security assessment.
Why this score?
- +22.6Longstanding defence, counternarcotics and security partnershipBaseline rule · 2015
Longstanding defence, counternarcotics and security partnership.
- +15Bicentennial partnership expands strategic cooperationActive event · 2022
The leaders expanded bilateral security into a wider strategic partnership and announced major non-NATO ally status.
- +0Peace Colombia renews the partnershipActive event · 2016
A new assistance framework supported peace implementation and continued security cooperation.
Coverage gap: No mutual-defence treaty exists; exceptional integration is not scored as collective defence.
5 documented factors produce the +31 diplomacy assessment.
Why this score?
- +31.6Longstanding strategic partnership across security, peace and prosperityBaseline rule · 2015
Longstanding strategic partnership across security, peace and prosperity.
- +9Standing high-level partnership and sectoral mechanismsBaseline rule · 2015
Standing high-level partnership and sectoral mechanisms.
- +15Bicentennial partnership expands strategic cooperationActive event · 2022
The leaders expanded bilateral security into a wider strategic partnership and announced major non-NATO ally status.
- -25Migration confrontation produces sanctions threatsActive event · 2025
A dispute over deportation flights triggered visa measures and threatened tariffs before an operational agreement.
- +0Peace Colombia renews the partnershipActive event · 2016
A new assistance framework supported peace implementation and continued security cooperation.
4 documented factors produce the +30 economic assessment.
Why this score?
- +20Bilateral trade thresholdBaseline rule · 2015
Reported trade activates the absolute methodology route using the latest observation available for this year.
- +5Bicentennial partnership expands strategic cooperationActive event · 2022
The leaders expanded bilateral security into a wider strategic partnership and announced major non-NATO ally status.
- -10Migration confrontation produces sanctions threatsActive event · 2025
A dispute over deportation flights triggered visa measures and threatened tariffs before an operational agreement.
- +15Annual methodology 1.1 recalculationAnnual recalculation · 2026
The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.
3 documented factors produce the +25 alignment assessment.
Why this score?
- +45.1Colombia identified as a key contributor to regional and international securityBaseline rule · 2015
Colombia identified as a key contributor to regional and international security.
- -30United Nations voting alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.
- +10Bicentennial partnership expands strategic cooperationActive event · 2022
The leaders expanded bilateral security into a wider strategic partnership and announced major non-NATO ally status.
2 documented factors produce the -1 disputes assessment.
Why this score?
- +13.5Durable cooperative bilateral orderBaseline rule · 2015
Durable cooperative bilateral order.
- -15Migration confrontation produces sanctions threatsActive event · 2025
A dispute over deportation flights triggered visa measures and threatened tariffs before an operational agreement.
2 documented factors produce the +20 societal assessment.
Why this score?
- +20Joint education, culture and inclusion programmingBaseline rule · 2015
Joint education, culture and inclusion programming.
- 0Peace Colombia renews the partnershipActive event · 2016
A new assistance framework supported peace implementation and continued security cooperation.
+23 in 2015 → +27 in 2026
The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.
2 points
Colombia → United States and United States → Colombia remain independent assessments.
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Events affecting the current score
Bicentennial partnership expands strategic cooperation
The leaders expanded bilateral security into a wider strategic partnership and announced major non-NATO ally status.
Migration confrontation produces sanctions threats
A dispute over deportation flights triggered visa measures and threatened tariffs before an operational agreement.
Peace Colombia renews the partnership
A new assistance framework supported peace implementation and continued security cooperation.
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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