Special relationship (international relations)

For other uses, see Special Relationship (disambiguation).

A special relationship is a diplomatic relationship that is especially strong and important. This term is usually used to refer to the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom. In an extended use of the term, it has also been used to describe the whole of EU–US relations^[1] and the following relations:

List of relationships
Albania–China relations^[2]^[3]
Albania–Kosovo relations^[4]
Argentina–Brazil relations^[5]
Armenia–France relations^[6]
Armenia–Russia relations^[7]^[8]^[9]
Australia–New Zealand relations^[10]^[11]
Australia–United Kingdom relations^[12]
Azerbaijan–Turkey relations^[13]^[14]
Bhutan–India relations^[15]^[16]
Brazil–Portugal relations^[17]
Canada–Netherlands relations^[18]
Canada–Ukraine relations^[19]^[20]
Canada–United States relations^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
China–North Korea relations^[25]
China–Pakistan relations^[26]^[27]
China–Russia relations^[28]^[29]
Egypt–United Arab Emirates relations^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]
Estonia–Finland relations^[34]
Estonia–Germany relations^[35]
Finland–Sweden relations^[36]
France–Germany relations^[37]
France–Greece relations^[38]
France–India relations^[39]
France–Monaco relations^[40]
France–United Kingdom relations^[41]^[42]
France–United States relations^[43]
Germany–Italy relations^[44]
Germany–United States relations^[45]^[46]
Greece–Italy relations^[47]^[48]^[49]^[50]
Greece–United States relations^[51]
Holy See–Italy relations^[52]^[53]
India–Israel relations^[54]
India–Nepal relations^[55]
India–Russia relations^[56]
India–United States relations^[57]^[58]
Israel–United Kingdom relations^[59]
Israel–United States relations^[60]
Japan–Philippines relations^[61]
Japan–United States relations^[62]^[63]^[64]^[65]
Laos–Vietnam relations^[66]^[67]^[68]^[69]
Moldova–Romania relations^[70]
Pakistan–Saudi Arabia relations^[71]^[72]^[73]
Oman–United Kingdom relations^[74]^[75]
Philippines–United States relations^[76]^[77]
Qatar–United Kingdom relations^[78]
Russia–Serbia relations^[79]
Saudi Arabia–United Kingdom relations^[80]^[81]
South Africa–United Kingdom relations^[82]
South Korea–Turkey relations^[83]^[84]
South Korea–United States relations^[85]
Taiwan–United States relations^[86]
United Arab Emirates–United Kingdom relations^[87]^[88]^[89]

See also

• A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
• Atlanticism
• North Atlantic triangle

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