Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
4,540 columns published
Poland locks down its eastern skies against Russian drones, here are the facts
Introduction: what we actually know about Poland's airspace closure
OPEN LETTER: Mr. Putin, 370 prisoners don't buy back four years of war
Introduction: a letter I had to write
185 prisoners for 185, the human cost of a Kyiv-Moscow swap
Introduction: one number, two hundred and eighty-five lives coming home
Ukraine's sky is finally about to speak French, and it's an iron promise
Introduction: a sentence on X that reshapes the trajectory of an air war
Zaporizhzhia, the nuclear plant playing Russian roulette
Introduction: the nineteenth nuclear roll of the dice
Russia's war economy, a giant starting to crack
Introduction: the endgame Moscow refuses to see
The June 14 Putin-Trump-Zelensky calls, sorting truth from theater
Introduction: three calls, one birthday, and a lot of diplomatic noise
OPEN LETTER: to the West looking away while Kim arms Putin
Introduction: this letter is addressed to those who prefer not to see
What the Congress report reveals about the Panama Canal
Introduction: a technical document hiding a geopolitical battle