-cc5860059e044295cd5738becdb4e387.png "Europe Is Already at War: A Peacetime Mindset Leaves It Vulnerable to Russian Hybrid Attacks")
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Europe, not just Ukraine, is at war. Russia’s hybrid operations across the continent now reach the level of a sustained, below-threshold hybrid war against Europe. Former top
NATO
officials are warning that Europe must act.
Gábor Iklódy
Senior Fellow for Peace, Security and Defence at Friends of Europe
Gabor Iklódy is an independent consultant on security and defense, and a Senior Fellow at Friends of Europe. He has previously held senior roles in NATO and the EU, including serving as EU Ambassador to Eritrea and Director for Crisis Management and Planning in the EEAS, where he oversaw the CSDP and EU defense initiatives. Prior to this, he was NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, covering cybersecurity, terrorism, WMD proliferation, energy security, and strategic foresight. He spent nearly three decades in the Hungarian foreign service, with postings in Bucharest, OSCE Vienna, Oslo, and Stockholm.
