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The Anglosphere Mythscape in Australian Prime Ministers’ Speeches 0
- Analysis
- October 8, 2020
How Australia’s national identity is or should be constituted has been at the centre of ongoing ‘cultural wars’ that are simultaneously social and political and, as yet, without resolution. Political leaders have been leading figures in these debates, combining retrospectives …
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Jan Smuts and the Racial Origins of Five Eyes 0
- Analysis
- October 8, 2020
Scholars typically place the origins of “Five Eyes” in the high-level cooperation that took place between the United States and the British Commonwealth during the Second World War. Yet the intellectual genesis of this international security partnership can be traced …
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New Zealand in the Five Eyes Intelligence Network: Assessing the Challenges and Benefits of Membership 0
- Analysis
- October 7, 2020
New Zealand has been seen as the weakest link in the FVEY as well as the “soft underbelly” with a population of 5 million people, NZ is a small state functioning within a series of military and economic arrangements dominated …
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L’affaire CryptoLeaks et les implications pour le Canada 0
- Analysis
- October 6, 2020
Au cours de la période de la guerre froide, l’opposition entre le capitalisme et le communisme a conçu le nouvel ordre du monde. Les États-Unis ont été à la tête du camp capitaliste soutenus par de nombreux alliés. L’importance …
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Transforming the Five Eyes Community: Projecting Power in Cyberspace 0
- Analysis
- October 6, 2020
In the past decade, key events have found the Five Eyes – a largely unknown Anglo-American postwar signals intelligence partnership – navigating a new, prominent global role. These include the Snowden disclosures on US and allied surveillance programs, joint statements …
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Why does the US Trust Australia with its Secrets? The Five Eyes Alliance, Race, and Loyalty 0
- Analysis
- October 2, 2020
In the immediate post-World War II period, Australia was included in the five eyes alliance. Why was this the case given Australia’s marginal importance to the US at the time?

Two years after fighting side-by-side in WWII, Australia failed to …
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From Insularity to Exteriority: How the Anglosphere is Shaping Global Governance 0
- Analysis
- October 1, 2020
Since the beginning of this century, the governments of the five Anglosphere countries, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US), have steadily deepened their domestic policy collaboration.

Using exclusive and insular transgovernmental networks made …
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Ruffled Feathers: Why Chinese Interference in International Bird Conservation is a Threat to World Peace 0
- Analysis
- September 30, 2020
The ejection of Taiwan’s Chinese Wild Bird Federation (CWBF) from BirdLife International and the subsequent gag order asking BirdLife employees to refrain from speaking to the press may appear at first glance to be the smallest of China’s many micro-aggressions, …
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🏅2020 CIPS Blog Award Winner! MBS admits “full responsibility” for the Khashoggi murder: What this means for the Kingdom’s allies 0
- Analysis, CIPS, News
- September 29, 2020
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince is either behind the assassination of the journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, or has no control. Either way, the situation begs a serious response

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (the now notorious ‘MBS’) recently admitted his …
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Farewell “Mister Democracy”: Lee Teng-hui, 1923-2020 0
- Analysis
- August 7, 2020
The Taiwanese mourn their former president Lee Teng-hui, who died at the age of 97 this July 30. Lauded as “Mr. Democracy” by his fellow citizens, he stood among those extremely rare politicians. They, like Mikhail Gorbachev, were trained in …
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Where Do the Conservative Leadership Candidates Stand on International Issues?0
- Analysis, CIPS, Repost
- August 6, 2020
The voting for the next head of the Conservative Party of Canada has begun. The winner, to be announced on August 21, will become the Leader of the Official Opposition. In the midst of the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic …
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What WE Need Now: Simplicity, Clarity, Accreditation, Scrutiny 0
- Analysis
- July 30, 2020
As the WE scandal goes from bad to worse, even WE founders Craig and Marc Kielburger have admitted the need for serious change. As WE’s corporate sponsors flee for the exit, the drumbeat of demands for change intensifies. WE …
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