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
OPEN LETTER: to Putin, 227,700 names Mediazona will not forget
Introduction: a letter you will never read
What Zelensky's PURL announcement reveals about the air war
Introduction: following this war through numbers that keep piling up
How Belgium promised its entire war sky to Ukraine
Introduction: the story of a promise that grew over time
The military mission on the Mexican border that never ends
Introduction: an emergency that turned into a permanent routine
The White House's pro-Ukraine tone finally shifts
Introduction: a tone shift that deserves cautious praise
Inside the new sanctions offensive against Cuba
Introduction: a volley of sanctions aimed at Cuba's military apparatus
Why Washington is targeting a member of the Castro family
Introduction: five new targets in an old cold war
OFAC remains Washington's silent weapon against Tehran
Introduction: the lever nobody sees on television
Is Washington's Iran sanctions regime still holding
Introduction: a simple question, an answer worth verifying