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 European Union–United States relations,^[1] as well as the following relations:

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

Monaco, a microstate on the French Riviera, holds a special relationship with its neighbour France. The Minister of State, the head of government of Monaco, is usually a French citizen, whose appointment by the Prince of Monaco is proposed by the Government of France.

See also

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

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