United Kingdom → France
This score represents United Kingdom's relationship toward France. 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.
3 documented factors produce the +93 security assessment.
Why this score?
- +60NATO collective-defence obligationBaseline rule · 2015
The United Kingdom and France remained bound by Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
- +22.6Exceptional nuclear and operational integrationBaseline rule · 2015
The Lancaster House framework combines nuclear facilities, embedded officers, operational deployments, missile cooperation and a joint expeditionary force.
- +10Lancaster House 2.0 modernises joint defenceActive event · 2025
The governments coordinate nuclear deterrence and broaden integration across military, intelligence, cyber, industrial and economic-security policy.
6 documented factors produce the +56 diplomacy assessment.
Why this score?
- +9Intensive ministerial and security dialogueBaseline rule · 2015
The governments recorded nine ministerial meetings in a year alongside standing dialogue on defence, intelligence, cyber and foreign policy.
- +31.6Long-term Lancaster House partnershipBaseline rule · 2015
The governments describe the treaties as an historic, long-term commitment grounded in shared interests, values and responsibilities.
- +20European Union co-membershipBaseline rule · 2015
Shared EU law, institutions and market integration add a defined structural package.
- +10Bilateral summit deepens defence and societal tiesActive event · 2023
The leaders expand operational integration, Ukraine support, economic resilience, cross-border cooperation and exchanges between their citizens.
- +5Lancaster House 2.0 modernises joint defenceActive event · 2025
The governments coordinate nuclear deterrence and broaden integration across military, intelligence, cyber, industrial and economic-security policy.
- -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.
4 documented factors produce the +30 economic assessment.
Why this score?
- +25European Union co-membershipBaseline rule · 2015
Shared EU law, institutions and market integration add a defined structural package.
- +20Bilateral trade thresholdBaseline rule · 2015
Reported trade activates the absolute methodology route using the latest observation available for this year.
- +10Bilateral summit deepens defence and societal tiesActive event · 2023
The leaders expand operational integration, Ukraine support, economic resilience, cross-border cooperation and exchanges between their citizens.
- -25Annual 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.
6 documented factors produce the +90 alignment assessment.
Why this score?
- +45.1Broad bilateral security alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
The governments documented aligned threat assessments and coordinated action across defence, nuclear policy, cyber, intelligence and international security.
- +20European Union co-membershipBaseline rule · 2015
Shared EU law, institutions and market integration add a defined structural package.
- +30United Nations voting alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.
- +10Bilateral summit deepens defence and societal tiesActive event · 2023
The leaders expand operational integration, Ukraine support, economic resilience, cross-border cooperation and exchanges between their citizens.
- +5Lancaster House 2.0 modernises joint defenceActive event · 2025
The governments coordinate nuclear deterrence and broaden integration across military, intelligence, cyber, industrial and economic-security policy.
- -10Annual 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.
The displayed value is limited to the model’s −100 to +100 component range.
1 documented factor produce the +14 disputes assessment.
Why this score?
- +13.5Durable cooperative bilateral orderBaseline rule · 2015
The treaty-based partnership records no active territorial claim and manages policy disagreements inside a durable cooperative framework.
4 documented factors produce the +25 societal assessment.
Why this score?
- +15European Union co-membershipBaseline rule · 2015
Shared EU law, institutions and market integration add a defined structural package.
- +20Bilateral summit deepens defence and societal tiesActive event · 2023
The leaders expand operational integration, Ukraine support, economic resilience, cross-border cooperation and exchanges between their citizens.
- +5Lancaster House 2.0 modernises joint defenceActive event · 2025
The governments coordinate nuclear deterrence and broaden integration across military, intelligence, cyber, industrial and economic-security policy.
- -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.
Coverage gap: The reviewed 2015 defence record documents extensive personnel exchange but does not establish the wider national-scale societal criterion in the frozen v1 rubric.
+64 in 2015 → +63 in 2026
The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.
0 points
United Kingdom → France and France → United Kingdom remain independent assessments.
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Events affecting the current score
Bilateral summit deepens defence and societal ties
The leaders expand operational integration, Ukraine support, economic resilience, cross-border cooperation and exchanges between their citizens.
Lancaster House 2.0 modernises joint defence
The governments coordinate nuclear deterrence and broaden integration across military, intelligence, cyber, industrial and economic-security policy.
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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