Perspectives

Deutschlands stille Frist: 2029

SPARTA — Strategic Protection and Advanced Resilience Technology Alliance

European NATO countries cannot ignore that AI speeds up military targeting by 100x. It would be naive to assume NATO adversaries are not prepared to deploy these rapidly evolving capabilities against the West to the fullest extent. Therefore, Europe needs to invest in mechanisms to deploy these capabilities in ways that are aligned with the values of our resilient democracies, and move on from the current 'head in the sand' mindset.

How should NATO prepare against gray-zone operations, from infrastructure sabotage to airspace probes to election interference?