The oldest alliance between two countries is between England and Portugal dating back to 1386. And it is still active to this day.

You missed one of the biggest ones! Canada and the US. Customs in US airports have two lines, one is Canadian and American citizens and the other is all other nationalities. Canada also enjoys the most laid back visa policy into the US and I believe vice versa as well.

Australia and New Zealand. Anzac bond

As an Albanian I would put 130 countries before China in terms of Special Relationships. Kosova is a brother state, USA, Italy, UK, are great partners, Turkey, Germany and Austria are important partners etc. Hell you could put USA as a special partner since we are the most pro-US nation polled worldwide

Finland and Sweden have an extremely close historical and real-time relationship to the point that we didn't want to join NATO without Sweden and they didn't want to leave us behind then people jokingly make fun of each other to hide we're in love, it's kind of cute.

I knew my homeland had close political ties with Portugal but I had no idea this concept of special relationship existed between the two of us.

Technically not a country but the Cherokee people have a special connection to Ireland. They donated money to try to help the Irish during the Great Potato Famine

sweden and finland could maybe have one because sweden helped finland the most in the winter war and both applied to nato at the same time

Lichtenstein and Switzerland might also ba a special relationship dut to Lichtenstien using the Swiss Frank, having military protection (I think) and sharing cultural similarities and language.

Other special relationships: Pakistan and turkey Azerbaijan and Pakistan Armenia and Greece Italy and Greece Uk and portugal

Interesting stuff. Glad you made a video on this 😊

I would say Italy and Argentina, Italy and Malta, Poland and Japan, Brazil and Japan, Poland Hungry, Monaco with Italy and France. And much more.

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Great video. Congrats

Turkey and Azerbaijan Czechia and Slovakia Czechia and Israel Sweden and Finland USA and Canada Germany and Austria Lithuania and Taiwan Poland and Hungary Romania and Bulgaria Finland and Estonia

Good video

Would love a video on Brazil & Japan. Love from brazil!

Should have included Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Switzerland is responsible for their defense, Liechtenstein uses their currency, and their consulate usually also represents Liechtenstein

Brasil is also the only place outside of Europe to have had a European capital because the Portuguese crown moved the capital to Rio

EPIC

The relationship between China and Albania is really interesting. China called Albania "The only beacon of true socialism left in Europe" and also said "If the USA or USSR dare to touch Albania in the slightest then they would face the full might of the Chinese"

Did you forget Russia and Belarus? They are closer than UK and US.

There is the often spoken about "Five Eyes" intelligence sharing arrangement between USA, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand

I thought you would talk about the relationship between Andorra and it's two neighbors or between Switzerland and the Lichtenstein

there is also some interesting groupings of countries with special relations, all the countries in the five eyes have special relations with each other another look at special relations may be from history like how WW1 was also called the cousins war as leaders of the UK, Germany and Russia were all cousins.

Where's the ANZAC's? Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia have a long lasting "special relationship" too!

The fact that you didn't mention Czechia and Slovakia is weird 😂

Fun fact about the special relationship between Italy and the Vatican: the first Italian head of state recognized by the Vatican was Mussolini 😊

I would like to know a bit more about the Portugal-Brazil relationship, specifically how does each country stereotype the other. Or are they respectful?

Two of my favorite international relationships is between Brazil 🇧🇷 and Italy 🇮🇹, and Mexico 🇲🇽 and The Philippines 🇵🇭 😊

Mexico and Ethiopia is interesting 🇪🇹🇲🇽

Countries with territorial disputes (2024)

suprised you didnt talk about vn and laos

Indonesia and the Philippines are ASEAN’s Special Relationship because they are Part of Malayo-Polynesian Family in people and language, sharing cultures and since 1949, the two countries are the most in the world in terms of things including: 1.Military Alliances between Armed Forces of the Philippines(AFP) and Tentara Nasional Indonesia(TNI) since 1952 and they trained in exercises including, DOLPHINE, Philindo Excercise and other military related activities, plus military equipment 2,Economic Alliances like exchanging products in each other and establishing Indonesian investments in Calabarzon 3.Regional Alliances as two countries are founders of ASEAN since 1967 and they give more friends with other ASEAN member states like Malaysia and Brunei in BIMP-EAGA, meetings on ASEAN Summit, APEC and others 4.Cultural Exchanges like exporting Filipino Television Shows to Indonesia, Filipino Music are popular in Indonesia while Indonesian music popular in the Philippines as well 5.Beauty Pageant Alliances like Miss Universe Roommates since 2012 and United Supporting Pageant Fans 6.Social Alliances like communicate with Filipino and Indonesians as friends, Long Distance Relationship with the two nationalities like Gerard/Eunike which is now married in 2022 which is the symbol of strengthening special relationship with two countries Aside the two themselves, the Philippines and Indonesia has other special relationship as well like: 1.Indonesia & Palestine 2.Philippines & United States 3.Philippines & Japan 4.Philippines & South Korea 5.Philippines & The Netherlands 6.Indonesia & Japan 7.Indonesia & South Korea 8.Indonesia & Russia 9.Philippines & Australia 10.Philippines & New Zealand 11.Indonesia & Turkey 12.Indonesia & India 13.Indonesia & Singapore 14.Philippines & Singapore 15.Philippines & India 16.Philippines, Indonesia & Malaysia They also have a Special Relationship with Administrative Regions since Puteri Indonesia was introduced in the Philippines as a Pageant Club in 2022 and some have sister cities(both current and future), but mostly are suppoters of Puteri Indonesia: 1.Calabanga, Camarines Sur & Depok, Jawa Barat 2.Batangas City & Semarang, Jawa Tengah 3.Pagsanjan, Laguna & Bandar Lampung City, Lampung 4.Liliw, Laguna & Denpasar, Bali 5.Manila & Jakarta 6.Ternate, Cavite & Ternate, Maluku Utara 7.Cebu City & Bandung, Jawa Barat 8.Cotabato City & Bandung, Jawa Barat 9.Zamboanga City & Pekanbaru, Riau 10.Davao City & Manado, Sulawesi Utara 11.Davao City & Bitung, Sulawesi Utara 12.General Santos City & Manado, Sulawesi Utara 13.Cebu City & Manado, Sulawesi Utara 14.Lucena City & Surabaya, Jawa Timur 15.Calamba City, Laguna & Purwakarta, Jawa Barat 16.Calamba City, Laguna & Sukabumi, Jawa Barat 17.Los Baños, Laguna & Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 18.Pagbilao, Quezon & Malang, Jawa Timur 19.Trece Martires City, Cavite & Serang, Banten 20.Bacolod City & Singaraja, Bali 21.Catanauan, Quezon & Balikpapan, Kalimantan Timur 22.Mulanay, Quezon & Banjarmasin, Kalimantan Selatan 23.Gumaca, Quezon & Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan 24.Infanta, Quezon & Mataram, Nusa Tenggara Barat 25.Polilio, Quezon & Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung Islands 26.New Clark City & Nusantara 27.Imus City, Cavite & South Tangerang, Banten 28.Bacoor City & Tangerang, Banten

You didn't mention anything about Vatican state and Mussolini

Red Star is missing on North Korea’s Flag in this graphic? 0:41

I was a little surprised that countries with a free association agreement weren't included: the United States with F. S. Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau (all sovereign states); and New Zealand with two non-sovereign states (the Cook Islands and Niue).

Russian sphere of influence on the Balkans paints the Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia North and Republic of Srbska/BIH. Albania is NATO, Kosovo too. Albania got it's first NATO 50 mil $ air base. Albania moved his embassy to the Jerusalem, Israel recognized separation of Kosovo. They are both in US cooperation aid program.

France🇨🇵 & Greece🇬🇷 They have an official bilateral defense pact (which is rare enough to be highlighted)

8:25 finno-Korean hyper war

My favorite special relationship I just learned about was Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The Saudis helped fund much of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, and there are rumors that the two nations may have a secret nuclear arms sharing agreement.

I may add a few more, mainly from Europe: Czech Republic and Slovakia - common history and similar language Russia and Belarus - colonizer and colonized Romania and Moldova - similar language Albania and Kosovo - common religion and history Greece and Cyprus - colonizer and colonized Latvia and Lithuania - common history and similar language Finland and Sweden - common history

You missed the star in the nk flag

Great video. My point, the US/UK relationship must surely be the gold standard for any definition of any special relationship between any two nations. Why? As of 2023 the UK and USA are the largest investors in each other's economies which facilitate trade for the world's 2nd and 4th largest trading nations respectively. What's more, they purchase each others debt, of which the UK is the second largest buyer after Japan, vis-à-vis Bermuda and the Cayman islands and independent overseas British territories. Furthermore, the UK and USA have the first and second largest overseas military bases which is mutual, and they both certainly know a thing about the logistics of being a real global superpower. Additionally, the two countries are the top global softpowers in 2024, the first and third largest scientific research, the first and second largest service exporters, the second and third largest FDI in and out; suffice to say the list is extensive. A salient final point on the special relationship between the USA/UK, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland trades more dollars than the US does itself which further cements the Dollar's primary currency 💲 status and leaves no question in any special relationship with London and New York also being the two richest cities in the world and some of the largest city economies.😮

An interesting fact about isreal-india relationship is that a common tradition of newly released isreali soldier to travel to india looking to have good time ot to find spirituality

China has a closer relationship with Czechia and Serbia than it does with Albania tho, that's like saying East Germany and N. Korea had a close relationship cus they both looked up to the USSR

How dare you not mention polish-hungarian brotherhood?

There are some details about these that would have been nice. For example, for the Vatican and Italy, the most obvious fact that Italy is a nation of mostly Catholics adds to the relationship. While obvious, I'm shocked that wasn't mentioned. Second, for India and Israel, for the Hindu people of India, the relationship makes a lot of sense. Hindu Indians live in a country with a ton of Muslims (and the relationship between Hindus and Muslims in India is not getting any better), so it makes sense that they would bond with another people, Jews, surrounded by hostile Muslim nations.

Portugal and Spain are close enough to make it to the next list?

You forgot the most obvious special relationship between countries: Poland and Hungary

Scotland and France have a special relationship known as the Auld Alliance. Scotland also has special relations with Canada.

0:29 Why is the flag of North Korea censored?

Andorra with France and Spain

General knowledge can we have a special relationship

ohhh special relationships

why didn't you include Japan and the UK? 2 island nations? Before WW2, the UK helped Japan with some infrastructure and stuff like trains, which is why Japan drives on the left like the UK since their trains also go on the left influenced by the UK. Even some of Japan's earliest battleships were built by the UK. And they had good relations as the UK wanted Japan to contain the Russians on the far east. Now today, they are even collaborating on a next gen fighter jet.

Canada and the US due to proximity and to the number of cross border families like mine.

Austria and Germany, brother like behavior.. we hate us but when it comes to the worst we stand by each others side

Portugal and Brazil definitely do not have that special bond. Portugal does have a special bond with former colonies and its actually surprising to me that many of the african countries natives like us so much, since war ended in '74, but brazilians are always complaining about Portugal/portuguese and do not have, generally, a good image inside Portugal. There's no brotherhood, unfortunately

With the Vatican, you could have mentioned how the modern relationship came to be through agreements between the Catholic Church and Mussolini’s Italy…

Also Ireland and palestine, my favorite of these special relationships. They have a joint anthem.

It has been my observation that many English speaking/Commonwealth Countries have strong opinions about the UK, either for or against. That would include Australia and Canada, both countries I have spent significant time in. However, in the USA the split is between those who love the UK and those who are indifferent. Very few actually have any animus towards the UK. Sometimes I will hear the UK referred to as the "mother country," even by people with no British lineage. The Royal Family is followed closely in the US. The Premier League is watched more than MLS (but not as much as the NFL, NBA, MLB, and probably the NHL.) The US legal system is based on "English Common" law. Our university systems were originally modelled after Scotland's. (Then German influence later on). "American as apple pie" is not totally true as English (& Dutch) colonists brought pies to the USA. Cheddar cheese is an ingredient in American cheese. American football developed from Rugby. Baseball developed from cricket and rounders. The financial industry in NYC and London are VERY closely linked. As an American, I think the first 180 to 190 years as a colony of England then the UK, the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, and finally the "Special Relationship" in the 20th and now 21st centuries allowed Americans to either appreciate our ties to the UK, or take it for granted without thinking too much about it. In contrast, in other parts of the English speaking world, the UK was either the "best thing that ever happened" or "the UK is holding us back and the source of our problems."

I would add Serbia and Montenegro,they have one of the most special and interesting realitonships in the world. Црна Гора и Србија то је једна фамилија ☦️🇲🇪❤️🇷🇸☦️

Poland and japan is one

No France and Germany? After 1k years of generational warfare (on average once every 20 years) we formed an official treaty of friendship after ww2, shared our most industrious region and kick-started the EU with it. At least in Germany to this day France is seen as our complimentary part of the "European engine" and we have a lot closer interaction, planning and cooperation with them than with any other nation including our Austrian brother-nation

How about neighbors who hate or dislike each other-mainly those adjoining each other?

Omitting US-Israel relationship is crazy. Widely considered to be a unique relationship without precedent in modern history in its nature.

Mostly just talking about run-of-the-mill alliances here

Venezuela and Haiti has (well I guess had now 😢) a long relationship and i guess it would be considered "special" relationship. For starters: The first Venezuelan flag was made in Haiti.

The South Korea-Turkey relationship is extremely unintuitive. Thank you, I don't think I would have every known that.

Britain (well, England) and Portugal have the oldest alliance in the world

How does north korea and Russia not share a special relationship? The ussr and America forcefully divided korea. Russia was the one who helped start north korea. North korea also is now sending military support to Russia now . So I don't agree with that bit. Otherwise great video

All countries have special relationships with each other, as no diplomatic relationship is the same.

3:55 Just a small correction, there was a war of independence between Brazil and Portugal, but it was not a conflict on the same scale as other wars of independence, due to the geopolitical situation and internal disputes in Brazil and Portugal at the time. Because it was a relatively bloodless and quick war, some historians in the period immediately after Brazil's Independence declared that "there was no war" as a way of creating internal cohesion, and this narrative has persisted to the present day.

Scandinavia?

Why did you choose to ignore Ireland and Mexico?

Italy n Argentina?

It is interesting China is also very close with Serbia, and is steadfast that Kosovo is Serbia

Uk and Ireland are pretty close, so many of our companies are always Great Britain and Ireland and we have similar cultures. Also there are so many Irish or people with Irish parents/grandparents

Czech And Slovakia has the best relationship in the world 🐉

Slovenia and...None 😢

Latvia - Lithuania - Estonia

The oldest alliance makes it a special relationship and you forget Portugal and Spain. Common history, political proximity, commerce, portuguese politicians call them "nuestros hermanos" our brothers... How much more special can you be?

Next time you can talk about Brazil and Japan. Relation

"Miqt Kosovar Vëllezërit Kinez"

Estonia - Finland

Indonesia and Monaco both are Sisters Country they share the same flags

Azerbaijan and turkey

Is there a reason why you keep making videos on a mostly unrecognized non-UN member self declared entity that can't exist under UN resolution 1244 (for which USA voted) and keep calling it a country?

Why don't Czechia and Slovakia? :[

As an Indian, i can say only country you can say as special relation though it is still not true is Japan. I see Isreal as strategic relation possible due to history and facing similar challenges. In reality India has no special relation with any country as a result of non-aligned movement.

France-Armenia

israel? what country is that never heard it before

I would put Spain in front of Brazil whent it comes to this subjet

Bosnia and Hercegovina with all its neighboors

Turkiye and Ireland is special too 🇹🇷🤝🇮🇪 they are like us only Christian

I'm confused, here you shown relationships way older than us-uk one and still take it a the first or the basis???

🇹🇷❤️🇰🇷 brother countries 1500 years 🗿

Well i am quiet sure you are portuguese, só you know that Portugal is becoming the Brazilian Guyana. As The French one in South america. Brazil will have an" ultramarine state" in Europe in a few decades. I am not joking.