Special relationship (international relations)

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

• Albania–Kosovo relations
• Albania–Italy relations
• Angola–Portugal relations
• Australia–New Zealand relations
• Australia–United States relations
• Azerbaijan–Turkey relations[2][3]
• Bhutan–India relations[4][5]
• Brazil–Portugal relations[6]
• Canada–Netherlands relations[7]
• Canada–United States relations[8][9][10][11]
• Cape Verde–Portugal relations
• China–Germany relations[12]
• China-North Korea relations
• China–Pakistan relations[13][14]
• China–Russia relations[15][16]
• Cyprus–Greece relations
• Cyprus–Israel relations
• Czech Republic–Slovakia relations
• Denmark–Finland relations
• Denmark–Iceland relations
• Denmark–Norway relations
• Denmark–Sweden relations
• Egypt–Sudan relations[17]
• Egypt–United Arab Emirates relations[18][19][20][21]
• Estonia-Finland relations
• Finland–Iceland relations
• Finland–Norway relations
• Finland–Sweden relations
• France–Germany relations[22]
• France–Greece relations[23]
• France–India relations[24]
• France–Monaco relations[25]
• France-United States relations[26]
• Germany–Italy relations[27]
• Greece–Italy relations[28][29][30][31]
• Iceland–Norway relations
• Iceland–Sweden relations
• Holy See–Italy relations[32][33]
• Hungary-Poland relations
• Italy–Malta relations
• Italy–Libya relations
• Italy–San Marino relations
• India-Japan relations
• Indonesia-Philippines relations
• India–Israel relations[34]
• Israel–United States relations[35]
• Iran-Venezuela relations
• Japan–United States relations[36][37][38][39]
• Japan-Philippines relations
• Laos–Vietnam relations[40][41][42][43]
• Mozambique–Portugal relations
• Moldova-Romania relations
• Netherlands–United Kingdom relations
• Norway–Sweden relations
• Pakistan–Saudi Arabia relations[44][45][46]
• Portugal–São Tomé and Príncipe relations
• Portugal–Spain relations
• Portugal-United Kingdom relations
• Philippines-United States relations
• Qatar-Turkey relations
• Russia-Kazakhstan relations
• Russia-Serbia relations
• Russia-Belarus relations
• Russia-Venezuela relations
• Russia-India relations
• Saudi Arabia–United States relations
• Taiwan–United States relations[47]
• Relations between the United Kingdom and former colonies:[48][49]
  • Australia–United Kingdom relations
  • Canada–United Kingdom relations
  • Egypt–United Kingdom relations[50]
  • India–United Kingdom relations[51][52]
  • Ireland–United Kingdom relations
  • Malta–United Kingdom relations
  • New Zealand–United Kingdom relations
  • Singapore-United Kingdom relations
  • South Africa–United Kingdom relations[53]
  • United Arab Emirates–United Kingdom relations[54][55][56]
  • United Kingdom-United States relations
• Venezuela-Cuba relations