Baudry.aihttps://baudry.ai/Independent research and editorial writing on Europe, Ukraine, Russia, defence and political power.enLet the Future Govern the Futurehttps://baudry.ai/articles/let-the-future-govern-the-future/https://baudry.ai/articles/let-the-future-govern-the-future/Gabriel Attal's call for a United States of Europe matters less as a blueprint than as a transfer of moral authority from the generation that failed to the generation that must live with the consequences.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLouis Baudry"Biolab" is not a categoryhttps://baudry.ai/articles/biolab-is-not-a-category/https://baudry.ai/articles/biolab-is-not-a-category/The word does more work than the evidence can bear. A short argument for reading the foreign-laboratories debate one facility at a time.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTLouis BaudryRemember the Melian Dialoguehttps://baudry.ai/articles/remember-the-melian-dialogue/https://baudry.ai/articles/remember-the-melian-dialogue/In 416 BC, Athens told the Melians that the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. Being right did not save Melos — and treaties without enforcement have not saved Ukraine either.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTLouis BaudryRussia Scattered the Ukrainians — and Connected Ukraine to the Worldhttps://baudry.ai/articles/russia-scattered-ukrainians-connected-ukraine-world/https://baudry.ai/articles/russia-scattered-ukrainians-connected-ukraine-world/Russia tried to weaken Ukraine by scattering its people. It may instead have created a global Ukrainian network connecting Ukraine to the democratic world.Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTLouis BaudryThe Strategic, Political, and Geopolitical Cascades of a Ukrainian Capitulationhttps://baudry.ai/articles/the-strategic-political-and-geopolitical-cascades-of-a-ukrainian-capitulation/https://baudry.ai/articles/the-strategic-political-and-geopolitical-cascades-of-a-ukrainian-capitulation/A scenario analysis of the political, humanitarian, military and global cascades that could follow an immediate Ukrainian capitulation.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTLouis BaudryEurope Must Accept That We Are Living Through a New Cold Warhttps://baudry.ai/articles/europe-must-accept-new-cold-war/https://baudry.ai/articles/europe-must-accept-new-cold-war/A political argument that Europe's post-1991 assumptions about peace, trade and American protection have collapsed, and that recovering a Cold War-era seriousness about deterrence is now unavoidable.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTLouis BaudryUkraine's War of Independencehttps://baudry.ai/articles/ukraines-war-of-independence/https://baudry.ai/articles/ukraines-war-of-independence/The war in Ukraine is usually called an invasion or a crisis. A growing number of historians and journalists call it something more precise — a war of independence.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTLouis BaudryRussia as a Death Cult: Who Supports the Theory?https://baudry.ai/articles/russia-death-cult-theory/https://baudry.ai/articles/russia-death-cult-theory/Putinism increasingly legitimises itself through sacrifice, historical suffering and supposedly meaningful death. Who developed this interpretation, and what does it mean?Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTLouis BaudryEurope Is Rearming. But Who Is Actually Building the Weapons?https://baudry.ai/articles/europe-is-rearming-but-who-is-actually-building-the-weapons/https://baudry.ai/articles/europe-is-rearming-but-who-is-actually-building-the-weapons/Deterrence is not a press conference. It is a factory schedule the adversary believes. Who is actually building Europe's arsenal?Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTLouis Baudry