Maxime Marquette
MadMax is an independent bilingual news outlet based in Québec, publishing analysis on geopolitics, technology, democracy, and culture.
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
4,540 columns published
India-Pakistan, the water war threatening to spiral out of control
Introduction: two nuclear powers, one river held hostage
How 450,000 New Yorkers lost their health insurance on July 1
Introduction: a technical mechanism with very concrete consequences
Lithuania becomes the testing ground for German rearmament within NATO
Introduction: what the Times saw that few in the West have grasped yet
The deadly explosion at a Damascus café, what we actually know
Introduction: one explosion, ten versions of the same number
Beijing, stop bullying Manila and Tokyo in the South China Sea
Introduction: a letter to those who patrol other people's waters
The Supreme Court deals Trump a stinging defeat on citizenship
Introduction: a presidential order struck down by his own judges
Three million fewer Americans on Obamacare in one year
Introduction: a drop that owes nothing to chance
The DHS hack is a reminder of the West's digital fragility
Introduction: another breach in America's security apparatus
How Trump is weaponizing the state to lock down the midterms
Introduction: when the White House becomes an election machine