Maxime Marquette
Independent columnist · MadMax
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
4,536 column(s) published
Reportage· No. 5290
REPORT: OCHA’s 935 demolitions and 1,256 displacements need their full 2026 scope
Analysis· No. 5289
ANALYSIS: US payrolls lost 23,000 jobs as 264,000 people left the labour force
Analysis· No. 5288
ANALYSIS: Kaub at 24 centimetres puts up to €2 billion of German output at risk
Note· No. 5287
OPINION: Carboni’s Four-Year Ban Rewrites Results Back to September 2024
Analysis· No. 5286
DECODING: New Glenn’s May 28 Blast Has a Named Valve — Not an Independent Verdict
Column· No. 5285
COLUMN: Keiko Fujimori Becomes Peru’s Ninth President in Ten Years
Analysis· No. 5284
DECODING: 14 Chinese Firms, 14 European Targets — July 24 Was Not Symmetry
Analysis· No. 5283
ANALYSIS: CNN’s 80% THAAD Claim Meets a Pentagon Inventory Wall
Essay· No. 5282