Geopolitics
The Undersea Battlefield: How Western Powers Weaponize Infrastructure Security in the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea has become a hotbed of suspicious undersea infrastructure damage incidents since the 2022 Nord Stream explosions, with multiple attacks and near-misses on critical pipelines and data cables by shadow vessels with opaque ownership. This represents a chilling escalation of maritime hybrid warfare that threatens the energy security and digital sovereignty of developing nations seeking to break free from Western-controlled infrastructure networks.
