The Tyranny of Status Quo Disasters are never the result of chance; they are the result of a faulty architecture of thought. Today, no more than yesterday, equipment is no substitute for strategic audacity. The France of 1940 possessed the tanks, but lacked the doctrine to make them triumph. This observation resonates with stinging relevance: as hybrid and technological threats multiply, Europe still too often locks itself into a bookkeeping and bureaucratic management of its security. The fundamental issue is the Copernican revolution of our defense. To project ourselves into the future is to understand that speed, power, and surprise are the only bulwarks against erasure. The ostracism of modernity is a threat that still strikes those who propose a break from the surrounding conformism. If we refuse to become the architects of our own sovereignty, we will remain the victims of an architecture designed by others. The lesson is clear: without a political will for movement, the accumulation of means is merely a reprieve before the next strategic shipwreck