Relationship dossier
Iceland
Montenegro
Relationship assessment
Iceland and Montenegro share a modest security partnership through NATO
Iceland toward Montenegro
+15Iceland supported Montenegro’s accession to NATO, contributing to its entry into the alliance and the resulting security partnership.
Montenegro toward Iceland
+15Montenegro joined NATO, entering a shared alliance framework with Iceland and participating in its ongoing security cooperation.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship is anchored in shared NATO membership and cooperation, including Iceland’s support for Montenegro’s accession. Information about the breadth of direct bilateral engagement beyond this security framework is limited.
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
Iceland and Montenegro have a modest cooperative relationship shaped chiefly by their shared NATO framework. Iceland supported Montenegro’s entry into the alliance, and Montenegro’s membership places the two governments within an ongoing security partnership. The relationship is not characterized by a broad range of prominent bilateral initiatives in the information available for this assessment.
Key developments
Montenegro became a NATO member, joining Iceland in the alliance.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of bilateral cooperation outside NATO is unclear.
- Details of Icelandic support for Montenegro’s NATO accession are limited.