Five Eyes
Proper noun
Meaning
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Five Eyes
An alliance of the intelligence agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Examples
According to the reporting, the Chinese government plays an active role in selecting which students from which communist military schools can study in which of the Five Eyes countries of the US, the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
In 2018, for example, former CIA analyst Peter Mattis gave testimony at a US congressional committee which suggested New Zealand’s role in the well-established global Five Eyes alliance should be reviewed.
As a member of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance, New Zealand has to stick to such values.
The United States has sought to build the framework of “Five Eyes plus” with friendly countries to counter threats in new realms, including space and cybersecurity where China is also increasing its power.
Thirty-nine per cent of Australian exports go to China of all the Five Eyes states on imported products from China.