US Foreign

US Foreign Relations §

The US has a

• “Special Relationship” with the United Kingdom and

  • What does ‘special relationship’ refer to? Questions

• strong ties with

  • India
  • Canada
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • the Philippines
  • Japan
  • South Korea
  • Israel
  • and several European Union countries, including
    • France
    • Italy
    • Germany
    • Spain
    • Poland

• It works closely with

  • fellow NATO members on military and security issues and with its neighbors through
    • the Organization of American States
    • free trade agreements such as
      • the trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement with
        • Canada
        • Mexico

• Colombia is traditionally considered by the United States as its most loyal ally in South America.

• It is a member of the

  • G7
  • G20
  • OECD.

What Bloc is the US in though? §

The Western bloc: Capitalist Bloc, was a coalition of the countries that were allied with the United States and its ideology, a member of NATO, and/or opposed the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact, and communism during the Cold War 1947-1991.

• Ended in 1991
• Still exist in smaller form to this day?
  • Allied still holds US’s ideology

Democratic Bloc? §