Maxime Marquette
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ANALYSIS: Tehran declares the Strait of Hormuz closed, the global oil shock
On July 12, 2026, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to shipping, according to the Straits Times, after…
FACT-CHECK: Did the US really strike 140 IRGC targets after Hormuz
On the night of July 11-12, 2026, American forces struck approximately 140 targets belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to US…
INVESTIGATION: The Sahel, laboratory for the failure of pro-Russian juntas
You need to look at a map of Mali to understand what just happened. Anefis, a small town in the country's north, fell in…
ANALYSIS: Haiti, the state that keeps slipping under the weight of gangs
Things need to be named with precision before giving in to easy emotion: Haiti is no longer, in practice, a state that controls its…
REPORT: Venezuela's gold frozen in London, hostage to reconstruction
The Venezuelan government made, in the weeks following the devastating earthquakes of June 24, 2026, an official request addressed directly to King Charles III…
ANALYSIS: Venezuela caught between human catastrophe and political reshuffle
On June 24, 2026, two major earthquakes, magnitude 7.2 and then 7.5, struck Venezuela's coastal region, with an epicenter near Morón and La Guaira.
REPORT: China's nuclear deterrent finally steps out of the shadows
For decades, China's undersea nuclear arsenal lived in a carefully maintained half-light. On July 6, 2026, at one minute past noon Beijing time, that…
PROFILE: Beijing and Moscow, the face of an axis that no longer hides
There are weeks when geopolitics stops hiding behind cautious communiqués. The week of July 6 to 13, 2026, is one of them.
REPORT: The Indo-Pacific becomes the world's new center of gravity
On July 6, 2026, at one minute past noon Beijing time, a Chinese navy nuclear submarine broke the silent surface of the Pacific to…