Russia’s operations against European states are testing how much disruption NATO will tolerate before imposing greater costs on Moscow. Drone incursions, sabotage, small-scale attacks and information campaigns put pressure on the alliance without presenting its members with an unambiguous decision to go to war. Such is the logic of gray zone operations. They pursue political […]
Africa and Europe’s Shared Gray Zone
Russia is testing allied resolve as AI lowers the cost of manipulating public opinion.


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