Maxime Marquette
Independent columnist · MadMax
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
4,540 columns published
Investigation· No. 5195
INVESTIGATION: Trump revives civilian nuclear power at the crossing of industry and diplomacy
Opinion· No. 5194
OPINION: Milei turns a World Cup defeat into a free-speech stress test
Reportage· No. 5193
TESTIMONY: in Sudan, children were chained to a gun by Colombian mercenaries
Commentary· No. 5192
COMMENTARY: France quintuples its police at the Spanish border after the Ceuta crisis
Reportage· No. 5191
REPORT: two theaters born of the rubber boom enter UNESCO's world heritage list
Note· No. 5190
NOTE: FIFA already fined Argentina back in 2014, but this time a brawl gets added
Analysis· No. 5189
ANALYSIS: Bab el-Mandeb traffic climbs back up to 29 ships, but a third still sails dark
Analysis· No. 5188
ANALYSIS: Myanmar votes the death penalty, but its own raids only relocated the scam centers
Open letter· No. 5187