Relationship dossier
Anguilla
United Kingdom
Relationship assessment
Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory with elected local government under UK sovereignty.
Anguilla toward United Kingdom
Not assessedAnguilla is not a sovereign state and does not conduct an independent foreign policy toward the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom toward Anguilla
+35The United Kingdom governs Anguilla’s constitutional relationship as an Overseas Territory and retains responsibility for its external affairs and defense.
Overall relationship
Not assessedHow to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory, not a sovereign state with an independent foreign policy. The United Kingdom retains responsibility for external affairs and defense under Anguilla’s constitutional arrangement, while Anguilla has its own elected local government. This relationship is primarily constitutional and administrative rather than a conventional bilateral partnership.
Key developments
Anguilla’s constitutional arrangement established its status as a British Overseas Territory, with elected local government and retained UK responsibilities for external affairs and defense.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of Anguilla’s role in decisions concerning its external affairs is unclear.