Relationship dossier
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Relationship assessment
Regional fisheries cooperation provides a concrete, though limited, basis for ties.
Marshall Islands toward Nauru
+15The Marshall Islands participates with Nauru in the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, a regional arrangement for managing tuna fisheries. This is a concrete area of cooperation, though it is multilateral rather than exclusively bilateral.
Nauru toward Marshall Islands
+15Nauru participates with the Marshall Islands in the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, a regional arrangement for managing tuna fisheries. This is a concrete area of cooperation, though it is multilateral rather than exclusively bilateral.
Overall relationship
+15The enduring relationship includes cooperation through the Parties to the Nauru Agreement on regional tuna-fishery management. The known basis for cooperation is substantive but multilateral; the scope of other direct bilateral engagement is unclear.
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
The Marshall Islands and Nauru participate in the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, a durable regional arrangement for managing tuna fisheries, including purse-seine fishing. This provides a concrete basis for cooperation, although the arrangement is multilateral and does not by itself establish the breadth of direct bilateral ties.
Key developments
The Marshall Islands and Nauru participate in the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, a regional tuna-fisheries management arrangement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of direct bilateral agreements and government cooperation beyond regional fisheries arrangements is unclear.
- Details of implementation and bilateral engagement within the Parties to the Nauru Agreement are limited.