This editorial discusses NATO's challenges in addressing hybrid warfare threats, which include acts of aggression that remain below lethal force thresholds. It emphasizes the necessity for NATO to develop intermediate force capabilities (IFC) to counter adversarial tactics that exploit this gray zone, involving non-lethal means and various forms of coercion, including using refugees as a weapon.

This editorial discusses NATO's challenges in addressing hybrid warfare threats, which include acts of aggression that remain below lethal force thresholds. It emphasizes the necessity for NATO to develop intermediate force capabilities (IFC) to counter adversarial tactics that exploit this gray zone, involving non-lethal means and various forms of coercion, including using refugees as a weapon.