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DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP · 2026

United States → Marshall Islands

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

USA → MHL+17Cooperative95% evidence confidenceBroad sourced evidence
MHL → USA+17CooperativeSymmetric current scores
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL

Current component scores

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

Alignment-20

2 documented factors produce the -20 alignment assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +10Cooperation on consequential multilateral issues
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The official bilateral record documents sustained U.S.–Marshall Islands cooperation across several regional or global policy areas.

  2. -30Annual 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.

Disputes+15

1 documented factor produce the +15 disputes assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +15Managed and non-territorial bilateral relationship
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The official bilateral record identifies no active territorial claim and treats disagreements through ordinary diplomatic channels within a continuing cooperative relationship.

CHANGE SINCE 2015

+22 in 2015 → +17 in 2026

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

DIRECTIONALITY

0 points

United States → Marshall Islands and Marshall Islands → United States remain independent assessments.

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ACTIVE EVIDENCE

Events affecting the current score

No later scored event is active. The current result remains anchored to the reviewed 2015 baseline and quantitative series.

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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