Special relationship

The special relationship is the phrase used to characterize the warm political, diplomatic, historical, and cultural relations between the United States and British Commonwealth nations. (See the article Anglo-American relations for an overview of relations between the two countries in general). The phrase was more frequently used by British commentators to mean the United Kingdom and the United States, of which more below; and it is the chief benefit-in-action of the Anglosphere. It is now used to describe the close relationship between Tony Blair and George W. Bush.

See also

• Anglo-American relations
• Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
• Foreign relations of the United States