Jacques Baud holds a Master's degree in econometrics and a postgraduate degree in international security from the Graduate Institute of International Relations in Geneva and was a colonel in the Swiss Army. He worked for the Swiss Strategic Intelligence Service and was an advisor on the security of refugee camps in Eastern Zaïre during the Rwandan war, worked for NATO in locations including Ukraine, and is the author of several books on intelligence, asymmetric warfare, terrorism and disinformation. His book on the Russia-Ukraine war is currently available in French only.