Special relationship (international relations)

The term special relationship, in diplomacy, is used to describe exceptionally strong ties between nations, notably by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe relations between the English-speaking people (see Special Relationship (US-UK)). In its extended use outside United Kingdom–United States relations has also been used to describe:

• Relations between the different parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth
• Canada-United Kingdom relations
• South Africa-United Kingdom relations
• Egypt-United Kingdom relations
• Egypt-Sudan relations
• Australia–New Zealand relations
• Canada–United States relations[http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p73495_index.html Canada in North America:

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• Israel–United States relations
• Pakistan-Turkey relations
• Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations
• Pakistan–United States relations
• Saudi Arabia–United States relations
• Georgia–United States relations
• Franco-German relations
• Franco-Algerian relations
• India-Soviet Union relations
• Cuba–Soviet Union relations
• Sino-Soviet Union relations
• Sino-Burmese relations
• Sino-Pakistani relations
• Sino–Sudanese relations
• Cooperation between Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland

See also

• North Atlantic triangle

References

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