THE WORLD, CONNECTED
DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP · 2026

Singapore → United States

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

SGP → USA+34Cooperative95% evidence confidenceBroad sourced evidence
USA → SGP+31Cooperative3-point gap · not analytically meaningful
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL

Current component scores

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

Security+38

2 documented factors produce the +38 security assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +22.6Enhanced defense cooperation and rotational access
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The 2015 defense agreement expanded long-running access, training, rotational deployments and cooperation in new security domains.

  2. +15Defense partnership expands into innovation and advanced interoperability
    Active event · 2024

    The partners advanced technology cooperation, training and force interoperability while reaffirming U.S. regional access.

Diplomacy+51

3 documented factors produce the +51 diplomacy assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +9Institutionalized defense consultations
    Baseline rule · 2015

    Regular high-level defense consultations and working mechanisms supported the expanded cooperation framework.

  2. +31.6Long-standing strategic partnership
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The agreement renewed and broadened a defense partnership developed over decades.

  3. +10Defense partnership expands into innovation and advanced interoperability
    Active event · 2024

    The partners advanced technology cooperation, training and force interoperability while reaffirming U.S. regional access.

Economic+40

3 documented factors produce the +40 economic assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +20Bilateral trade threshold
    Baseline rule · 2015

    Reported trade activates the absolute methodology route using the latest observation available for this year.

  2. +5Defense partnership expands into innovation and advanced interoperability
    Active event · 2024

    The partners advanced technology cooperation, training and force interoperability while reaffirming U.S. regional access.

  3. +15Annual methodology 1.1 recalculation
    Annual recalculation · 2026

    The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.

Alignment+15

2 documented factors produce the +15 alignment assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +45.1Shared regional-security priorities
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The partners aligned on regional stability, maritime security, humanitarian response and counterterrorism.

  2. -30United Nations voting alignment
    Baseline rule · 2015

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

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 exchange meeting the frozen societal threshold.

CHANGE SINCE 2015

+23 in 2015 → +34 in 2026

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

ACTIVE EVIDENCE

Events affecting the current score

+8

Defense partnership expands into innovation and advanced interoperability

The partners advanced technology cooperation, training and force interoperability while reaffirming U.S. regional access.

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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