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DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP · 2026

United States → United Arab Emirates

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

USA → ARE+41Partner95% evidence confidenceBroad sourced evidence
ARE → USA+38Partner3-point gap · not analytically meaningful
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL

Current component scores

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

Security+43

2 documented factors produce the +43 security assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +22.6Deep operational defense and counterterrorism cooperation
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The joint statement documented military operations, exercises, interoperability, missile defense and counterterrorism cooperation.

  2. +20UAE designated a Major Defense Partner
    Active event · 2024

    The leaders elevated defense status and expanded cooperation in technology, investment, climate, space and regional security.

Diplomacy+76

4 documented factors produce the +76 diplomacy assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +20Leader meeting advanced bilateral and regional priorities
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The Crown Prince and President reviewed defense, trade, energy and regional security and agreed to deepen cooperation.

  2. +9Institutionalized political and security consultations
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The relationship operated through recurring senior political, military and counterterrorism channels.

  3. +31.6Enduring bilateral partnership
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The governments formally described a durable bilateral partnership spanning security, commerce, energy and societal links.

  4. +15UAE designated a Major Defense Partner
    Active event · 2024

    The leaders elevated defense status and expanded cooperation in technology, investment, climate, space and regional security.

Economic+35

2 documented factors produce the +35 economic assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +20Bilateral trade threshold
    Baseline rule · 2015

    Reported trade activates the absolute methodology route using the latest observation available for this year.

  2. +15UAE designated a Major Defense Partner
    Active event · 2024

    The leaders elevated defense status and expanded cooperation in technology, investment, climate, space and regional security.

Alignment+25

3 documented factors produce the +25 alignment assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +45.1Broad coordination on regional and global priorities
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The partners coordinated across counterterrorism, non-proliferation, regional stability, energy and trade.

  2. -30United Nations voting alignment
    Baseline rule · 2015

    A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.

  3. +10UAE designated a Major Defense Partner
    Active event · 2024

    The leaders elevated defense status and expanded cooperation in technology, investment, climate, space and regional security.

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: Official records note education and cultural links but do not quantify the national-scale threshold required by the frozen rule.

CHANGE SINCE 2015

+28 in 2015 → +41 in 2026

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

DIRECTIONALITY

3 points

United States → United Arab Emirates and United Arab Emirates → United States remain independent assessments.

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ACTIVE EVIDENCE

Events affecting the current score

+14

UAE designated a Major Defense Partner

The leaders elevated defense status and expanded cooperation in technology, investment, climate, space and regional security.

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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