Five eyes

The Changing Scope of the Five Eyes: Implications for Canada
- October 21, 2020
The intelligence alliance, now known as the Five Eyes, was born in the early days of the Cold War and was the product of a perceived existential threat posed by the Soviet Union. There was a desperate need for intelligence, …
By Wesley Wark
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Five Eyes Minus One: Thinking the Unthinkable
- October 19, 2020
The US National Security Agency (NSA) is by far the largest and best-resourced of the Five Eyes SIGINT partners. The four other members of the partnership, the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE), the Australian Signals …
By Bill Robinson
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Should the Five Eyes Alliance be Expanded?
- October 19, 2020
The Five Eyes alliance has served the current partners well by giving them an expanded intelligence base. This benefit is enhanced by the opportunity for professional discussions amongst intelligence partner agencies.

All five nations maintain bilateral intelligence relationships with other …
By Greg Fyffe
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Huawei or Our Way?: Fissures in the Five Eyes Alliance in the Face of a Rising China
- October 16, 2020
After some wrangling, the Five Eyes member states have arrived at a common position on the use of Huawei technology in critical infrastructure. But the Huawei snafu is likely just the first of many challenges to alliance solidarity as an …
By Helen Baxendale
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Selling War and Peace: Syria and the Anglosphere
- October 15, 2020
I have been researching and writing about the Anglosphere for fifteen years. I just didn’t realize it for the first eight…

My first book, Selling the War on Terror: Foreign Policy Discourses After 9/11, grew out of my Ph.D. …
By Jack Holland
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The Anglosphere or Anglospheres? The English-Speaking World in Flux
- October 14, 2020
This short blog seeks to provide a more expansive understanding of the English-speaking world by identifying the complexities – or multiplicities – of the Anglosphere.

The Anglosphere has come to international prominence in the wake of the UK’s departure from …
By Andrew Mycock
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What’s beyond the Five Eyes? Britain’s European Trajectory
- October 13, 2020
Even before Brexit, Britain was often portrayed as reluctant to fully engage with European affairs. One potential reason for this, particularly when it comes to the matters of defence and intelligence, is Britain’s close relationship with the US and its …
By Hager Ben Jaffel
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The Anglosphere mythscape in Australian prime ministers’ speeches
- 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 …
By Tania Zeissig
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Jan Smuts and the Racial Origins of Five Eyes
- 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 …
By John Mitcham
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New Zealand in the Five Eyes Intelligence Network: Assessing the Challenges and Benefits of Membership
- 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 …
By David MacDonald
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L’affaire CryptoLeaks et les implications pour le Canada
- 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 …
By Nathaniel Hailu
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Transforming the Five Eyes Community: Projecting Power in Cyberspace
- 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 …
By Steven Loleski
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