Palau turned hosting duties into leverage, refusing Beijing's demand to bar Taiwan. The forum's fracture over China left the smallest host state with outsized say in how

Authority

Domestic footing steady, with governing capacity unchanged through a demanding diplomatic season.

Reach

Washington and Canberra ties deepen while Beijing's pressure campaign visibly failed.

Power Profile

Grip at Home: 2 out of 100
Weight: 0 out of 100
Regard: 60 out of 100
Outward Power: 3 out of 100
Growth: 100 out of 100

Dependency Quadrant

Mixed posture: 0 dependents, 2 exposures.

0Dependents2Exposures

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Strategic Profile

Authority

Authority footing

Strong Institutions

Reach

Economic scale

$277M

Small Economy

Vulnerability

Remittance exposure

Low Exposure

Government effectiveness

Mixed Governance

Trade openness

Open Trade

107%

Population base

Small Population

18K

Capital openness

Open Capital

29%

Resource dependence

Low Exposure

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PF Score