Relationship dossier
Cook Islands
French Polynesia
Relationship assessment
Regional cooperation and a maritime-boundary arrangement link the Cook Islands with French Polynesia, whose foreign affairs are handled by France.
Cook Islands toward French Polynesia
+15The Cook Islands participates in regional cooperation involving French Polynesia and has a maritime-boundary arrangement with France concerning the boundary with French Polynesia. The scope of direct Cook Islands engagement with French Polynesia’s territorial government is unclear.
French Polynesia toward Cook Islands
Not assessedOverall relationship
Not assessedHow to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Cook Islands and French Polynesia have a regional relationship that includes cooperation through the Polynesian Leaders Group and a maritime-boundary arrangement involving Cook Islands and France for the Cook Islands–French Polynesia boundary. French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of France, which is responsible for its foreign affairs; its government does not conduct an independent foreign policy.
Key developments
A maritime-boundary arrangement between the Cook Islands and France addressed the boundary between the Cook Islands and French Polynesia.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of Cook Islands–French Polynesia cooperation through regional and maritime arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of direct Cook Islands government engagement with French Polynesia’s territorial government is uncertain.