Hybrid Threats in the North Atlantic: Challenges and recommendations for the Kingdom of Denmark

The current international security political transformations have repercussions for security in the North Atlantic region, creating an urgent need to understand threats and qualify debates about threat mitigation across the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Denmark. 

This policy paper, edited by CMS researcher Tobias Liebetrau, explores how the changing international security situation gives rise to hybrid threats and associated security and defence governance challenges in the North Atlantic. It examines and assesses seven hybrid threats to the North Atlantic, which are related to cybersecurity, economic security, food security, influence campaigns, telecommunication infrastructure, fisheries, and foreign policy.

The paper policy suggests how these threats can be mitigated through national and regional governance measures performed by actors and sectors across the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Denmark. It thereby systematises and synthesises the complex hybrid landscape in the North Atlantic and offers comprehensive governance guidance for the Kingdom of Denmark. The contributors are Jeppe T. Jacobsen (The National Defence Technology Centre), Alexander Behrndtz (University of Southern Denmark and the Royal Danish Defence College), André K. Jakobsson (University of Southern Denmark), Laura Kocksch (Aalborg University), Merete Lindstrøm (Aalborg University), Rasmus Leander Nielsen (University of Greenland), Robert Imre (University of Faroe Islands) and Mette S. Abildgaard (Royal Greenland).

The policy paper has been prepared with financial support from the programme “FASDiNA - Foreign Affairs, Security, and Defence Policy in the North Atlantic”, administered by the Research Council of the Faroe Islands. It is published by the Centre for Military Studies in cooperation with the University of Greenland and the University of the Faroe Islands.

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