THE WORLD, CONNECTED
DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP · 2026

United Arab Emirates → Spain

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

ARE → ESP+13Cooperative65% evidence confidenceDocumented bilateral evidence
ESP → ARE+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+25

1 documented factor produce the +25 diplomacy assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +25Spain and the UAE raise relations to a strategic level
    Active event · 2022

    The joint statement created a multidimensional strategic relationship spanning political, economic, investment and institutional cooperation.

Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not activate a frozen bilateral diplomatic rule for the 2015 baseline.

Economic+20

1 documented factor produce the +20 economic assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +20Spain and the UAE raise relations to a strategic level
    Active event · 2022

    The joint statement created a multidimensional strategic relationship spanning political, economic, investment and institutional cooperation.

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

Alignment+30

2 documented factors produce the +30 alignment assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +15Spain and the UAE raise relations to a strategic level
    Active event · 2022

    The joint statement created a multidimensional strategic relationship spanning political, economic, investment and institutional cooperation.

  2. +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

0 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

+11

Spain and the UAE raise relations to a strategic level

The joint statement created a multidimensional strategic relationship spanning political, economic, investment and institutional cooperation.

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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