2. Plan
• Introduction: US declaration of independence
• What’s US UK special relationship?
• Pillar I: Common Law
• Pillar II: Mutual investment
• Pillar III: Diplomatic and Security Partnership
• Other areas of corporation
• Personal Relationship
• Public opinion
• Videos

3. US declaration of independence
America : most precious British territories
By losing USA: GB: humiliated on the
international scene
British King George III: never to recognize the
independence of Americans and to punish them
in every possible way.

4.  recognized in 1783.
World War I showing
Britannia arm-in-arm
with Uncle Sam
symbolizing the
Anglo-American
alliance

5. The « special relationship » between
UK and USA
 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
described the new bilateral relations between two
states as “special relationship”.
 domains: political, diplomatic,
cultural, economic, military
The President Truman’s Secretary of State said:
“Of course a unique relation existed between Britain
and America, our common language and history
insured that.”

6. History of Relationship
• Pillar I: Common Law
• Pillar II: Mutual investment
• Pillar III: Diplomatic and Security Partnership

7. Pillar I: Common Law (1/2)
• America was founded on British idea of a law
based state

8. Pillar I: Common Law (2/2)
The shared heritage = common law tradition
English speaking countries share common
values and beliefs

9. Pillar II: Mutual investment (1/2)
GB and USA invest over $250 billion in each
other’s economies, more than any two other
countries
For over 300 years, the prosperity of Britain
and America has always been closely linked

10. Pillar II: Mutual investment (2/2)
• USA has used from GB
knowledge of British best practice
British investment to bring order out of chaos
the first Bank of the United States, modeled
closely on the Bank of England
 to pay off the American debt
financed the construction
of the American railroads…

11. Pillar III: Diplomatic and Security
Partnership (1/2)
 Allies in both WWI & WWII
•  Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano
Roosevelt realized importance of a close
military alliance
US defense companies are
commonly in competition for UK
military contracts

12. Pillar III: Diplomatic and Security
Partnership (2/2)
 Strategic allies in information and technology
 US has given the UK nuclear technologies
that have surpassed other European powers
 Both founders of many international
organizations such as NATO, WTO and the G-8

13. Other areas of cooperation
cooperation in military matters, technology
and intelligence sharing
 After WWII: common goal: monitoring and
countering communism

14. Other areas of cooperation
Intelligence community:

15. Other areas of cooperation
Economic policy:
The key sectors for British
exporters to the USA : Aviation,
aerospace, commercial property,
chemicals and heavy machinery
 the US ambassador suggested to
British business leaders that the
special relationship could be used
'to promote world trade and limit
environmental damage as well as
combating terrorism'