Joint patrols are being mounted to protect undersea cables from Russian sabotage: localised cooperation is our best hope for now Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council thinktank Joint patrols are being mounted to protect undersea cables from Russian sabotage: localised cooperation is our best hope for now Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council thinktank W hen European countries in the Baltic Sea region joined Nato for protection against Russia, they were