Submission Statement: Russia and its allies have been escalating grayzone tactics like using migrants to destabilize borders and launching cyberattacks across Europe. A Polish soldier became the first victim of such aggression in a stabbing at the Poland-Belarus border, where Belarus had transported thousands of migrants. Elisabeth Braw outlines that the soldier’s death highlights the dilemma Western nations face in how to respond to hybrid threats below the level of normal military actions.
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Submission Statement: Russia and its allies have been escalating grayzone tactics like using migrants to destabilize borders and launching cyberattacks across Europe. A Polish soldier became the first victim of such aggression in a stabbing at the Poland-Belarus border, where Belarus had transported thousands of migrants. Elisabeth Braw outlines that the soldier’s death highlights the dilemma Western nations face in how to respond to hybrid threats below the level of normal military actions.