The seabed is rapidly becoming a new space of concern in security politics. In Europe, largely triggered by the 2022 sabotage of he Nord Stream pipelines, but also investments by Russia in subsea capabilities, NATO countries are reevaluating their dependency on subsea infrastructures such as pipelines and data and electricity cables.
With the context of Spain's current EU presidency, the Spanish Navy hosted a forum last week at navel headquarters in Madrid to discuss maritime security, and in particular, the seabed. Christian Bueger, professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at the University in Copenhagen, Denmark, and also the director of the Safe Seas Network, was in attendance and we took the chance to speak with him about maritime security as a whole, and the European Union's current quest to become a Global Maritime Security Provider.
