Foreign relations of the United States
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The U.S. federal statutes concerning foreign relations can be found in Title 22 of the United States Code. The U.S. has the second-most diplomatic missions of any country in the world after China.
History
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List of recognition
List of countries with which the United States has established diplomatic relations:
Bilateral relations
Americas
Caribbean
Europe
American relations with Eastern Europe are influenced by the legacy of the Cold War. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, former Communist-bloc states in Europe have gradually transitioned to democracy and capitalism. Many have also joined the European Union and NATO, strengthening economic ties with the broader Western world and gaining the military protection of the United States via the North Atlantic Treaty.
Africa
North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Asia
West Asia and Middle East
The United States has many important allies in the Greater Middle East region. These allies are Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Jordan, Afghanistan (formerly), Israel, Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar. Israel and Egypt are leading recipients of United States foreign aid, receiving $2.775 billion and 1.75 billion in 2010. Turkey is an ally of the United States through its membership in NATO, while all of the other countries except Saudi Arabia and Qatar are major non-NATO allies.
The United States toppled the government of Saddam Hussein during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Turkey is host to approximately 90 B61 nuclear bombs at Incirlik Air Base. Other allies include Qatar, where 3,500 US troops are based, and Bahrain, where the United States Navy maintains NSA Bahrain, home of NAVCENT and the Fifth Fleet.
Central Asia
South Asia
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Many countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are important partners for United States in both economic and geostrategic aspects. ASEAN's geostrategic importance stems from many factors, including: the strategic location of member countries, the large shares of global trade that pass through regional waters, and the alliances and partnerships which the United States shares with ASEAN member states. In July 2009, the United States signed ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, which establishes guiding principles intended to build confidence among its signatories with the aim of maintaining regional peace and stability. Trade flows are robust and increasing between America and the ASEAN region.
Oceania
Countries with strained relations with the United States
Current
- Afghanistan
- Belarus
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Central African Republic
- China
- Cuba
- Eritrea
- Iran
- Libya
- Mali
- Myanmar
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- Russia
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Yemen (SPC/Houthi Yemen)
- Zimbabwe
Formerly
- Afghanistan (1978–1992, 1996–2001) (Again currently)
- Albania (1946–1991)
- Algeria (1967–1974)
- Angola (1976–1993)
- Benin (1975–1990)
- Bolivia (2006–2019)
- Brazil (1961–1964)
- Bulgaria (1946–1990)
- Burundi (2015–2021) (Again currently)
- Cambodia (1965–1969, 1975–1994)
- Chile (1970–1973)
- China (1949–1972, 1989–2001) (Again currently)
- Republic of the Congo (1965–1977)
- Czechoslovakia (1948–1990)
- East Germany (1949–1990)
- Ecuador (2012–2017)
- Equatorial Guinea (1976–1979)
- Egypt (1965–1974)
- Ethiopia (1980–1992)
- Germany (1941–1945)
- Ghana (1964–1966)
- Grenada (1979–1983)
- Guinea (1966–1984, 2021–2025)
- Haiti (1986, 1993–1994)
- Hungary (1949–1989)
- Indonesia (1957–1965)
- Iraq (1990–2003)
- Italy (1941–1943)
- Japan (1931–1945)
- Kyrgyzstan (2006)
- Laos (1975–1993)
- Liberia (1971–1980)
- Libya (1969–2011) (Again currently)
- Mongolia (1940s-1987)
- Mozambique (1977–1983)
- Myanmar (1988–2011) (Again currently)
- Nicaragua (1978, 1981–1990, 2016–2018) (Again currently)
- Nigeria (1969–1977, 1993–1998)
- Pakistan (1990–1998)
- Panama (1988–1989)
- Poland (1947–1989)
- Philippines (2016-2022)
- Rhodesia (1965–1979)
- Romania (1947–1968)
- Saudi Arabia (1973-1974, 2001-2003, 2021-2022)
- Serbia and Montenegro (1990–2003)
- Somalia (1969–1977) (Again currently)
- South Yemen (1970–1990)
- Soviet Union (1950–1991)
- Sudan (1967–1971, 1974–1976, 1989–2019) (Again Currently)
- Syria (1979–2024)
- Uganda (1972–1979)
- Venezuela (1999–2026)
- Vietnam (1975–1994)
Countries with visa services suspended
Former countries
- Republic of Artsakh
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Duchy of Brunswick
- Federal Republic of Central America
- Greater Republic of Central America
- Congo Free State
- Czechoslovakia
- East Germany
- West Germany
- Republic of Genoa
- German Empire
- Kingdom of Hanover
- Hanseatic Republics
- Hawaiian Kingdom
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Duchy of Nassau
- North German Confederation
- Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
- Orange Free State
- Ottoman Empire
- Papal States
- Duchy of Parma
- Prussia
- Russian Empire
- Ryukyu Kingdom
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Soviet Union
- Republic of Texas
- Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Yugoslavia