United States → France
This score represents United States'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.
2 documented factors produce the +70 security assessment.
Why this score?
- +60NATO collective-defence obligationBaseline rule · 2015
The United States and France remained bound by Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
- +10French-American roadmap broadens cooperationActive event · 2024
The presidents renew collective defence and coordinated action across Ukraine, NATO, economic security, climate, health and cultural exchange.
3 documented factors produce the +65 diplomacy assessment.
Why this score?
- +20Presidents coordinate after the Paris attacksBaseline rule · 2015
The leaders agreed coordinated action on counterterrorism, Syria, intelligence and wider international security.
- +35Oldest alliance and enduring democratic partnershipBaseline rule · 2015
The joint account describes an historic alliance grounded in shared democratic commitments and continuing solidarity.
- +10French-American roadmap broadens cooperationActive event · 2024
The presidents renew collective defence and coordinated action across Ukraine, NATO, economic security, climate, health and cultural exchange.
3 documented factors produce the +40 economic assessment.
Why this score?
- +20Bilateral trade thresholdBaseline rule · 2015
Reported trade activates the absolute methodology route using the latest observation available for this year.
- +5French-American roadmap broadens cooperationActive event · 2024
The presidents renew collective defence and coordinated action across Ukraine, NATO, economic security, climate, health and cultural exchange.
- +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.
2 documented factors produce the +60 alignment assessment.
Why this score?
- +50Broad security and international-policy alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
The leaders documented aligned action on collective defence, counterterrorism, Syria, climate diplomacy and the international order.
- +10French-American roadmap broadens cooperationActive event · 2024
The presidents renew collective defence and coordinated action across Ukraine, NATO, economic security, climate, health and cultural exchange.
1 documented factor produce the +15 disputes assessment.
Why this score?
- +15Durable cooperative bilateral orderBaseline rule · 2015
The official bilateral account records a longstanding alliance with no active territorial claim and disagreements managed through cooperation.
1 documented factor produce the +10 societal assessment.
Why this score?
- +10French-American roadmap broadens cooperationActive event · 2024
The presidents renew collective defence and coordinated action across Ukraine, NATO, economic security, climate, health and cultural exchange.
Coverage gap: The reviewed 2015 joint record documents historic affinity but does not quantify a national-scale societal-exchange programme under the frozen v1 rule.
+44 in 2015 → +54 in 2026
The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.
0 points
United States → France and France → United States remain independent assessments.
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Events affecting the current score
French-American roadmap broadens cooperation
The presidents renew collective defence and coordinated action across Ukraine, NATO, economic security, climate, health and cultural exchange.
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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