FIVE EYES ALLIANCE -
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
News: How Five Eyes Bloc is trying
to defang India’s counter-terror & intel apparatus
What's in the news?
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The Five Eyes (FVEY) alliance is an intricate web of global intelligence, a
covert club that continues to redefine geopolitical landscapes.
Key takeaways:
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Comprising five English-speaking countries, this
powerful intelligence alliance has established an unprecedented era of
surveillance and information sharing that continues to shape the world’s
approach to national security.
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Five Eyes intelligence has decided to take on
Indian intelligence for getting too big for its boots and are leaking source
intelligence to leftist media.
Five Eyes Alliance:
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The Five Eyes Alliance (abbreviated as FVEY in
government documents) is a cooperative
intelligence network that monitors the electronic communications of
citizens and foreign governments.
Members:
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The Five Eyes (FVEY) is an intelligence alliance
comprising Australia, Canada, New
Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Features:
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Five Eyes allowed the national agencies to share
monitoring infrastructure, and to track nuclear-armed Soviet submarines during
the Cold War.
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The surveillance partnership strengthened following
the 9/11 attacks on the United States, and monitoring of internet
communications has since expanded exponentially.