The Five Eyes (FVEY) is an intelligence alliance between five English-speaking countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The alliance was established after World War II and the countries work together to: Share sensitive information, Pool resources, Ensure collective security, and Combat global threats.

The alliance's origins can be traced back to the 1946 UKUSA Agreement, which was intended to be a cooperative arrangement for sharing signals intelligence (SIGINT). The UK and the United States were initially part of the alliance, which expanded to include Canada in 1948 and Australia and New Zealand in 1956.

Some say that countries like India, South Korea, and Japan could be included as additional members of the alliance in the future.

India has signed civil nuclear cooperation agreements with France, the United States, Russia, Namibia, Canada, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Czech Republic, Australia, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom. A Memorandum of Understanding on civil nuclear cooperation has also been signed with Mongolia. In December 2015, India and Japan exchanged a Memorandum as per which both sides confirmed having reached agreement on an Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.

In 2016, India and Brazil signed an agreement for cooperation in mutual recognition between the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Brazilian Association of Technical Norms (ABNT). The two countries have also discussed cooperation in other areas, including nuclear energy, science and technology, and climate change.

As of May 2023, China does not engage in nuclear dialogue with India because India has not signed any treaty that would make it a legal and responsible nuclear state. China has also argued that India is not a nuclear security threat because of India's No-First-Use (NFU) doctrine.

The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute is a project at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden that studies government qualities and tracks democratic freedoms worldwide. The V-Dem project is one of the world's largest social science data collection projects. The V-Dem Institute is responsible for collecting, curating, and making the data available to users. The institute also produces publications, including a Working Paper series and an annual Democracy Report. 

Iran’s support for non-state actors in West Asia, including Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis. Last month, Iran launched an unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel, after its consulate in Damascus was struck. Hezbollah is fighting a slow-burning war with Israel on its northern border. Houthis, the Yemeni militia, is carrying out attacks targeting vessels in the Red Sea, “in solidarity with Palestinians”

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Palau is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific.