The contemporary relations between Algeria and the United States of America date back to U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s support for the war of liberation against French colonialism. After regaining its independence, trade, energy, and security have been the factors of rapprochement between the two countries.

On the political side, relations between Algeria and the U.S. were strengthened at the end of the 1980s, when Algeria played a leading role in negotiations between American and Iranian authorities for the release of American hostages held in Tehran after the fall of the Shah of Iran. With Algeria’s accession to NATO’s political dialogue and after the terrorist attacks on American soil on 11 September 2001, cooperation in the fight against terrorism developed between the two countries. This is how Algeria has become a strategic partner of the U.S. in fighting Islamist terrorism and Violent Extremist Organizations (VEOs). 

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