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DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP · 2026

United States → São Tomé and Príncipe

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

USA → STP-1Mixed65% evidence confidenceDocumented bilateral evidence
STP → USA-1MixedSymmetric 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 official record does not establish a frozen bilateral security rule or mutual-defence obligation.

Diplomacy0

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 official record does not establish a baseline diplomatic institution or pre-eminent partnership meeting a frozen rule threshold.

Economic0

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: 2015 reporter-side trade remained below the frozen threshold or was unavailable, and no qualifying standing bilateral economic institution was evidenced.

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.–Sao Tome and Principe 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.

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 a national-scale people-to-people exchange meeting the frozen societal threshold.

CHANGE SINCE 2015

+4 in 2015 → -1 in 2026

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

DIRECTIONALITY

0 points

United States → São Tomé and Príncipe and São Tomé and Príncipe → 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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