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DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP · 2026

Spain → Australia

This score represents Spain's relationship toward Australia. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.

ESP → AUS+13Cooperative71% evidence confidenceBroad sourced evidence
AUS → ESP+13CooperativeSymmetric 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 record does not activate an additional frozen security rule for the 2015 baseline.

Diplomacy+36

2 documented factors produce the +36 diplomacy assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +35Established Spain–Australia strategic partnership
    Baseline rule · 2015

    Spain's 2015 foreign-policy strategy identifies the 2010 Action Plan as an established strategic partnership with regular political and economic contacts.

  2. +1.3Leaders reaffirm broad bilateral cooperation
    Active event · 2022

    The first bilateral visit to Spain by an Australian prime minister reaffirmed cooperation on the rules-based order, trade, climate, defence and societal links.

Economic+1

1 documented factor produce the +1 economic assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +0.9Leaders reaffirm broad bilateral cooperation
    Active event · 2022

    The first bilateral visit to Spain by an Australian prime minister reaffirmed cooperation on the rules-based order, trade, climate, defence and societal links.

Coverage gap: Reporter-side 2015 goods trade does not reach a frozen material-trade threshold, or is unavailable.

Alignment+31

3 documented factors produce the +31 alignment assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +15United Nations voting alignment
    Baseline rule · 2015

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

  2. +0.9Leaders reaffirm broad bilateral cooperation
    Active event · 2022

    The first bilateral visit to Spain by an Australian prime minister reaffirmed cooperation on the rules-based order, trade, climate, defence and societal links.

  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.

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: No qualifying frozen dispute or dispute-settlement rule is activated by the reviewed evidence.

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 the exceptional or strong exchange required by a frozen societal rule.

CHANGE SINCE 2015

+10 in 2015 → +13 in 2026

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

ACTIVE EVIDENCE

Events affecting the current score

+1

Leaders reaffirm broad bilateral cooperation

The first bilateral visit to Spain by an Australian prime minister reaffirmed cooperation on the rules-based order, trade, climate, defence and societal links.

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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