Relationship dossier
Dominica
United States
Relationship assessment
Pragmatic cooperation, including law enforcement and disaster assistance
Dominica toward United States
+30Dominica cooperates with the United States on law-enforcement matters through bilateral extradition and mutual legal assistance arrangements.
United States toward Dominica
+35The United States has provided emergency assistance to Dominica after major disasters, including following Hurricane Maria in 2017, and cooperates on regional security and law-enforcement matters.
Overall relationship
+30The bilateral relationship is chiefly characterized by practical security cooperation and U.S. disaster assistance, without a prominent pattern of sustained confrontation. The scope and durability of these activities are not clear enough to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.
How 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
Dominica and the United States maintain generally cooperative relations, with practical engagement in regional security and U.S. assistance following major disasters. Bilateral law-enforcement cooperation is supported by extradition and mutual legal assistance arrangements. The relationship appears pragmatic, though the scope and recent implementation of these efforts are not clear.
Key developments
Dominica and the United States established bilateral extradition and mutual legal assistance arrangements supporting cooperation on law-enforcement matters.
The United States provided emergency assistance to Dominica following Hurricane Maria.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and recent implementation of bilateral law-enforcement cooperation are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of U.S. assistance to Dominica beyond emergency response are uncertain.