Five Eye Alliance

Current Context : Recently, United Kingdom, a Five Eye Alliance extended support to Canada in recent diplomatic crisis with India.

ABOUT FIVE EYE (FVEY) ALLIANCE 

• The Five Eyes (FVEY) is a multilateral intelligence-sharing alliance between five countries: the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
• Origins : It was established post-World War II, formalized in 1948 to enhance cooperation on signals intelligence (SIGINT) during the Cold War.
• Focus Areas : Primarily deals with intelligence related to surveillance, counterterrorism, cyber threats, and monitoring geopolitical adversaries (like China and Russia).
• Each country is responsible for intelligence gathering in different regions:
• US: Russia and parts of Asia
• Canada: Polar regions
• Australia: South and East Asia
• UK & NZ: Europe and Pacific respectively.