Questions hover over Five Eyes (Opinion)
The Five Eyes partnership worked well for years but strains are beginning to show. (Photo: Australian Institute of International Affairs)
Is Five Eyes fit for the 21st century, and will it see its 100th birthday as it is currently configured?
Since the end of the Second World War, the Five Eyes alliance between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US has been the bedrock of Western intelligence sharing.
This partnership exists to provide a wide range of intelligence collection on targets around the world, enhancing the ability of partner nations to react to crises.
Although the grouping benefits primarily from the economies of scale that come from being intelligence partners with the US, which has a vast intelligence collection capability outmatching all the others combined, this is not a one-way street. Each nation offers something, including the provision
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