Collective Identity, Anglo-Saxon Bond and the Persistence of the Anglo-American Special Relationship

Ruike Xu

European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies Articles, 2023, vol. 9

Abstract: There have been many “end of affair†comments on the Anglo-American special relationship (AASR) in the post-Cold War era. Notwithstanding this, the AASR has managed to persist without losing its vitality up to the present. This article seeks to explain the persistence of the AASR from the perspective of collective identity. It argues that a strong Anglo-American collective identity has been an indispensable positive contributor to the persistence of the AASR after the end of the Cold War. The strong Anglo-American collective identity facilitates Anglo-American common threat perceptions, solidifies embedded trust between the UK and the USA, and prescribes norms of appropriate behaviour for these two countries.

Keywords: collective identity; the UK; the USA; special relationship; trust (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.26417/ejis.v3i1.p122-134

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