Christopher Case | Hybrid Threats Analyst
NATO-SHAPE J2

Mr. Christopher Case is the senior intelligence analyst for Hybrid Threats assessments at NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). He is a career intelligence officer with over twenty years’ experience in strategic, operational, and tactic analysis. Mr. Case served in the US Army and was a civilian employee with the US Defense Intelligence Agency prior to working for SHAPE.

Appearances:

Submarine Networks EMEA 2026 - Day 1 @ 15:50

From defence to deterrence: The role of the military in ensuring subsea resilience

Rebecca Nottingham, Director, Bright Subsea Consulting

Moderator: John Wrottesley, Executive Director, European Subsea Cables Association (ESCA)

Juha Ravanti, Finnish Defence Attaché to the UK, Embassy Of Finland

Christopher Case, Hybrid Threats Analyst, NATO-SHAPE J2

Submarine Networks EMEA 2026 - Day 2 @ 09:00

Geopolitics and the submarine cable industry

A growing number of governments now recognise subsea telecommunications cables as critical infrastructure, vital to national security, the economy and the delivery of public services. What should such a qualification mean for public-private cooperation around threat detection and incident response?
Is intentional damage to subsea cables by States or State-backed actors really increasing as often reported by the media?
In what way would the response to such threats differ from the kinds of threats the industry traditionally deals with?
What are the opportunities of current geopolitical developments for the subsea cable industry? Are there evident winners and losers?
From a corporate strategy perspective, how should the industry be thinking about future geopolitical risks?

Anna Butchart, Subsea, Independent