A Not-So-Special Relationship

Examines how German reunification and the end of the Quadripartite Agreement in 1990 impacted the Anglo–American special relationship Luca Ratti offers new insights into the role of the Anglo-American ‘special relationship’ in German reunification, and examines the impact that Germany’s reunification had on Anglo-American and transatlantic relations. Germany’s unification in October 1990 was one of the most momentous events in modern European history and world politics since the end of World War