EICTP Expert Paper: The Iran War, the Phantom HAYI and the hybrid Terror threat in Europe

The military escalation between the U.S., Israel, and Iran has repercussions far beyond the Middle East and acts as a threat multiplier and catalyst for the dynamic European security situation. In conjunction with the conflict-terrorism nexus, anti-Semitic mobilization, and new hybrid actor formats such as HAYI, a gray-zone threat is intensifying, in which terrorism, state…