The U.S.-British Special Relationship and the International Order Zhao Huaipu(73) The close association and long cooperation between the United States and Britain show that the USUK special relationship is not only a historical fact but also a reality. Britain's proAmerican policy and the two countries' strategic unanimity over the international order are the key factors contributing to the continuing existence of the special relationship. As the main beneficiaries and defenders of the existing international order, both the US and the UK have since 1945 made the control of international economy and domination of the world order the basis of their foreign policies, and adopted roughly similar policies. The aim of controlling international order, however, faces new challenges in the post Cold-War period. Apart from the objection of the developing world, some of the key allies of the United States also refuse to accept a unipolar world dominated by the US, although Britain continues to stand firmly on the side of the United States.