The almost 80-year-old alliance between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US had fallen into disutility by 2020 at the latest.
(L-R) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L), then-U.S. President Joe Biden, and then-British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hold a press conference after a trilateral meeting during the AUKUS summit in San Diego, Calif., on March 13, 2023. Leon Neal/Getty Images
It was touted as the most important strategic alliance in the world, but the Five Eyes network—based on the UKUSA Accords of 1946 and earlier— had fallen into disunity and disutility by 2020 at the latest. Nobody seemed to notice: the processes continued; the results did not.
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”
