How Are Russia and China Testing NATO’s Limits? (defence24.com)

• Hybrid operations testing the limits of Article 5
• Targeting vulnerabilities in Baltic and Nordic regions
• Strategic coordination between state-sponsored actors

"Dr. Aleksander Olech and Patrik Oksanen evaluate the intensifying hybrid threat landscape targeting NATO's borders. These actions, designed to stay below the threshold of conventional warfare, challenge the unity and infrastructure of the eastern and northern flanks. The analysis emphasizes that these maneuvers are part of a broader, sustained effort to degrade Western strategic decision-making and test collective security responses."