Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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DECODING: Magyar blocks Ukraine's EU accession — Orbán gone, the obstacle remains
Magyar replaced Orbán. Europe applauded. But the blockade mechanisms themselves have not changed seats. The problem was perhaps not only the man — it…
ANALYSIS: Ukraine destroys the Donetsk-Mariupol bridge — a Russian logistics corridor severed
When both sides simultaneously confirm the same destruction, there is no room left for doubt. This bridge fell. And with it, an entire segment…
FACT-CHECK: Regiment 425 Skelia — 25 soldiers dead outside combat, investigation opened
I am not a forensic pathologist. But I know how to read an autopsy report well enough to understand that multiple rib fractures in…
OPEN LETTER: To those who still believe the Russian sky is protected — 194 proofs to the contrary
I recognize something unusual in the exercise of this open letter. One does not normally write to anonymous adversaries to explain their own defeat.…
OPINION: Kstovo burns again — Ukraine strikes NORSI for the fourth time
There is something deeply symbolic about Ukraine striking a refinery 800 kilometers from its border, in the night, while Ukrainian soldiers hold trenches in…
PROFILE: The Ravlyk — the Ukrainian tortoise conquering NATO and defense giants
There is something deeply moving about the story of a 50-person company that invents a military robot while its country burns, tests it in…
COMMENTARY: Two years of the Russia-North Korea alliance — Pyongyang glorifies its dead in Ukraine
I find it impossible to read about North Korean soldiers dying in Ukraine without feeling something that analysis alone cannot contain. These are young…
EDITORIAL: Rare earths, July 15 — China tightens its grip on the West and its industries
I have been watching this story for months, and I want to name something that rarely appears in the financial analyses: what is happening…
TESTIMONY: What I saw in Kim Jong Un's weapons tests — the North Korea rewriting the rules
I read these specifications and do the simple math. Ninety kilometers from the border: Seoul enters range. Warheads designed to destroy a nation's infrastructure.…