Palau → United States
This score represents Palau'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.
1 documented factor produce the +25 security assessment.
Why this score?
- +25Compact-based defence integrationBaseline rule · 2015
The Compact of Free Association gives the United States full responsibility and authority for defence and security matters relating to Palau.
1 documented factor produce the +35 diplomacy assessment.
Why this score?
- +35Enduring freely associated partnershipBaseline rule · 2015
The Compact establishes a close, durable government-to-government relationship between the United States and Palau across security, economic and diplomatic affairs.
1 documented factor produce the +15 economic assessment.
Why this score?
- +15Standing Compact economic institutionsBaseline rule · 2015
The bilateral Compact framework maintains recurring institutions for economic assistance, trust funds and implementation review.
3 documented factors produce the +10 alignment assessment.
Why this score?
- +10Cooperation on consequential multilateral issuesBaseline rule · 2015
The official bilateral record documents sustained U.S.–Palau cooperation across several regional or global policy areas.
- +15United Nations voting alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.
- -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.
1 documented factor produce the +15 disputes assessment.
Why this score?
- +15Managed and non-territorial bilateral relationshipBaseline rule · 2015
The official bilateral record identifies no active territorial claim and treats disagreements through ordinary diplomatic channels within a continuing cooperative relationship.
1 documented factor produce the +20 societal assessment.
Why this score?
- +20National-scale mobility under free associationBaseline rule · 2015
Eligible citizens may enter the United States without visas and live, work or study there under the Compact framework.
+24 in 2015 → +22 in 2026
The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.
0 points
Palau → United States and United States → Palau remain independent assessments.
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Events affecting the current score
No later scored event is active. The current result remains anchored to the reviewed 2015 baseline and quantitative series.
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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