In this book of rare clairvoyance, Jacques Baud deplores the fact that Western decisions are colliding with international law. The question is not who we are for, but how the international order created after 1945 should be applied. Israel's failure to respect this law is provoking its downfall. As with any conflict, the solution will not come from emotion, but from objective, dispassionate analysis and honest mediation.

Has Vladimir Putin become the master of the game? Why and how did the Russian President decide to attack Ukraine? Did he seek to prevent Ukraine from associating with Europe? Does he seek to reconstitute the USSR? Did NATO promise not to expand east after 1990? Is the Nord Stream 2 project the sinews of war? Is Ukraine's neutrality the only solution? Has Russia ever lost or won the war?...

Based on the files of the intelligence services and official reports, Jacques Baud thus reviews the events of the recent history of Russia, which led to the war with Ukraine; it analyzes the various disputes between the West and Russia, and sheds light on the role that Putin plays today on the international scene.

Why did Putin launch Operation Z in Ukraine? Are Ukrainian forces using neo-Nazi volunteers? What is the reality of the military conflict over the past six months? What do we know about war crimes like Bucha? Have Western economic sanctions actually worked? Has the massive shipment of weapons by the West had an effect on the conflict?

After the best-seller, Putin, Master of the Game? which was praised worldwide, Jacques Baud returns in this book to the root causes of the war in Ukraine and reveals the real and hidden reasons that pushed Vladimir Putin to intervene on February 24, 2022. Using information from intelligence services and official reports, Baud analyzes the course of the military actions and the way they were interpreted in the West. He explains the political and economic disruption of the world order, as well as the long-term consequences on our daily lives caused by Western sanctions against Russia. Baud then explains how the conflict could have been avoided and which options were purposely avoided by the United States and Europe. This is a tell-all book that must be read by everyone-because, whether we realize it or not, we are all being affected by the war in Ukraine.

The Western unison around this affair and the censorship against dissenting voices reveal a disturbing evolution of society and its growing vulnerability to manipulation. We create realities out of our prejudices: this is the definition of conspiracy, which has become the main weapon of Western countries. We do what we reproach the autocrats for.

To answer these questions and many others, Jacques Baud relies on information from Western intelligence services and American documents that were leaked in April 2023. After the best-sellers Putin, the Master of the Game? and Operation Z, whose analytical work has been praised worldwide, the author returns to the war in Ukraine by analyzing the facts and nothing but the facts. Whether one is for or against the position of Ukraine, one is condemned to return to the field of operations and to analyze what is happening there. This is the only way to find a path to peace, not by relying on illusions.

Vladimir Poutine est-il devenu le maître du jeu ? Pourquoi et comment le président russe a-t-il décidé d'attaquer l'Ukraine ? A-t-il tenté d'empêcher ce pays de s'associer à l'Europe ? Cherche-t-il à reconstituer l'URSS ? L'OTAN a-t-elle promis de ne pas s'étendre vers l'Est après 1990 ?

En s'appuyant sur les dossiers des services de renseignement et sur des rapports officiels, Jacques Baud passe en revue les événements qui, dans l'Histoire récente de la Russie, ont conduit à la guerre avec l'Ukraine. Il analyse le conflit qui oppose la Russie à l'Occident et éclaire le rôle de Poutine sur la scène internationale.

Son travail répond à des questions d'actualité, ce qui facilite l'accès à une explication équilibrée des événements en jetant sur eux une lumière parfois très différente de celle que diffusent les principaux médias.

Dans ce livre d'une rare clairvoyance, Jacques Baud déplore que les décisions occidentales entrent en collision avec le droit international. La question n'est pas de savoir pour qui nous sommes, mais comment l'ordre international créé après 1945 doit être appliqué. Le non-respect de ce droit par Israël est en train de provoquer sa perte. Comme pour n'importe quel conflit, ce n'est pas de l'émotion que viendra la solution, mais d'une analyse objective et dépassionnée, accompagnée d'une médiation honnête.

Su trabajo responde a temas de actualidad, facilitando la búsqueda de una explicación equilibrada de los acontecimientos al presentarlos bajo una luz que a veces es muy diferente de la que transmiten los principales medios de comunicación.