Oman → United States
This score represents Oman'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.
2 documented factors produce the +40 security assessment.
Why this score?
- +25Long-running operational defense cooperationBaseline rule · 2015
The U.S.-GCC framework documented basing, exercises, information sharing and training, building on the bilateral military cooperation agreement maintained since 1980.
- +15Joint Military Commission expands maritime and border cooperationActive event · 2024
The premier bilateral forum advanced training, exercises, maritime awareness, border security and regional coordination.
3 documented factors produce the +55 diplomacy assessment.
Why this score?
- +10Standing strategic and defense consultationsBaseline rule · 2015
Oman participated in recurring Gulf security mechanisms alongside established bilateral military consultations.
- +35One of the region's oldest U.S. partnershipsBaseline rule · 2015
The relationship rests on an 1833 friendship treaty and continuous close defense ties since 1980.
- +10Joint Military Commission expands maritime and border cooperationActive event · 2024
The premier bilateral forum advanced training, exercises, maritime awareness, border security and regional coordination.
1 documented factor produce the +20 economic assessment.
Why this score?
- +20Annual 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.
Coverage gap: 2015 reporter-side trade remained below the frozen threshold and the reviewed record did not establish qualifying economic-dialogue outcomes.
3 documented factors produce the +25 alignment assessment.
Why this score?
- +50Shared regional-security agendaBaseline rule · 2015
The partners coordinated on maritime security, counterterrorism and regional stability while preserving Oman's independent diplomacy.
- -30United Nations voting alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.
- +5Joint Military Commission expands maritime and border cooperationActive event · 2024
The premier bilateral forum advanced training, exercises, maritime awareness, border security and regional coordination.
1 documented factor produce the +15 disputes assessment.
Why this score?
- +15Durable cooperative bilateral orderBaseline rule · 2015
Official records describe a historic cooperative relationship without an active bilateral territorial claim.
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 exchange meeting the frozen societal threshold.
+23 in 2015 → +34 in 2026
The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.
3 points
Oman → United States and United States → Oman remain independent assessments.
View the reverse direction →ACTIVE EVIDENCE
Events affecting the current score
Joint Military Commission expands maritime and border cooperation
The premier bilateral forum advanced training, exercises, maritime awareness, border security and regional coordination.
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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