The arctic is quickly becoming the next frontline in Russia's hybrid war with NATO, one expert has warned. NATO nations are accelerating investments in high-tech infrastructure, including a laser communications facility in Greenland , aimed at building resilience rather than provoking confrontation.

Steve Horrell, a senior fellow at the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), emphasises that Arctic militarisation should be understood in the context of a decade-long “information confrontation” waged by Moscow . Mr Horrell told the Express: “These hybrid operations are global, not limited to the Arctic. Cyber, disinformation, economic and political warfare all fall below the threshold of conventional conflict.

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