Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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TESTIMONY: What I Saw in the Numbers From Exercise Valiant Shield 2026
I was not in Guam. I did not see the aircraft take off, nor the missiles hit their target in the warm waters of…
DECODING: Why Seoul Took a Full Day to Admit a North Korean Launch
On June 25, 2026, the anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, North Korea carried out a series of launches including…
OPINION: North Korea Tests "Strike Packages" to Jam Detection
On June 25, 2026, the anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, North Korea conducted a series of weapons tests under…
ANALYSIS: The Kang Kon, a Limping Symbol of North Korea's Naval Ambition
Few warships have inadvertently exposed the structural flaws of a military program as much as the North Korean destroyer Kang Kon.
COMMENTARY: Kim Jong-un Plays Grand Admiral With a Ship That Capsized
On July 3, 2026, reported the following day by several international news agencies, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally oversaw the test launch of…
OPEN LETTER: What Germany's Nord Stream Charges Owe Us
On July 2, 2026, German prosecutors formally charged a Ukrainian national with taking part in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline in 2022,…
DECODING: Tokyo Builds a Bureau to Run Its Anti-China Alliances
On July 7, 2026, a report from ADN Kronos revealed that Japan is considering creating a new bureau within its Ministry of Defense, as…
REPORT: Japan Fast-Tracks Its Defense Overhaul, With China in Its Sights
On July 6, 2026, an analysis published by ThinkChina highlighted something Western foreign ministries have been watching closely for months: Japan is fast-tracking a…
INVESTIGATION: Ten Years After The Hague, Beijing Still Defies International Law
July 10, 2026 marks the tenth anniversary of a major international arbitration decision: the one that rejected, in 2016, the bulk of Chinese territorial…