Special relationship (international relations)

A special relationship is a diplomatic relationship that is especially strong.

For the historically close relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States see Special Relationship. In its extended use outside the Anglosphere, it has also been used to describe the whole of EU–US relations^[1] and the following relations:

• Albania–Kosovo relations
• Australia–New Zealand relations
• Azerbaijan–Turkey relations^[2][3]
• Belarus–Russia relations
• Brazil–Portugal relations^[4]
• Canada–Netherlands relations^[5]
• Canada–United States relations^[6][7][8][9]
• China–Germany relations^[10]
• China–Pakistan relations^[11][12]
• China–Russia relations^[13][14]
• Egypt–Sudan relations^[15]
• Egypt–United Arab Emirates relations^{[16][17][18][19]}
• France–Monaco relations^[20]
• Holy See–Italy relations^[21][22]
• India–Israel relations^[23]
• India–Russia relations^[24]
• Israel–United States relations^[25]
• Japan–United States relations^{[26][27][28][29]}
• Laos–Vietnam relations^{[30][31][32][33]}
• Moldova–Romania relations
• Pakistan–United Arab Emirates relations^[34][35]
• Pakistan–Saudi Arabia relations
• Philippines–United States relations
• Saudi Arabia–United States relations
• Serbia-Montenegro relations
• Relations between the different parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth^[36][37]
  • Canada–United Kingdom relations^[6]
  • Egypt–United Kingdom relations^[38]
  • India–United Kingdom relations ^[39][40]
  • South Africa–United Kingdom relations^[41]
  • United Arab Emirates–United Kingdom relations^[42][43][44]
• Relations between member states of the European Union
  • Belgium–Netherlands relations
  • Cyprus–Greece relations
  • Finland–Sweden relations
  • France–Germany relations^[45]
  • France–Greece relations^[46]
  • France–Italy relations^[47][48]
  • Germany–Italy relations^[49]
  • Greece–Italy relations^[50]
  • Hungary–Poland relations

See also

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

References