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
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EDITORIAL: The West Under Dual Fiscal and Military Pressure — How to Finance Freedom
The West faces in 2026 a budgetary equation unlike any in its recent history. It must simultaneously pay for the fiscal mistakes of the…
DECODING: The Digital Euro Moves Forward — ECB and European Parliament Clear a Decisive Hurdle
On June 23, 2026, in Brussels, the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) voted 43 in favor, 14 against and 1 abstention…
INVESTIGATION: DOGE Is Dead, Long Live DOGE? What Musk's Departure Leaves in the Federal Bureaucracy
On June 25, 2026, Elon Musk announced on his social network X that his time as a "Special Government Employee" was coming to an…
COLUMN: Nipah 2026 — Why Kerala Still Has No Vaccine After Six Outbreaks in Eight Years
On June 23, 2026, The Hindu reported that a patient from the district of Kozhikode, in the Indian state of Kerala, had been on…
OPINION: Trust in Freefall — Is Reliable Information Still Possible in 2026?
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism released its Digital News Report 2026 on June 16, 2026, and the verdict is unsparing: global…
ANALYSIS: The June 17 US-Iran agreement shatters in the Strait of Hormuz
On June 17, 2026, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) — a provisional truce meant to end months of…
COMMENTARY: USMCA and Trump — When Commercial Isolationism Threatens Midwest Farms
July 1, 2026 marks the sixth anniversary of the entry into force of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the trade deal that Donald Trump…
REPORT: The E5 of Berlin Charts the Road to Ankara — Europe Finally Takes Its Destiny in Hand
On June 24, 2026, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomed the leaders of Europe's four other largest military powers to the Federal Chancellery in Berlin:…
DECODING: NASA's DAPHNE Mission — Protecting Digital Civilization from Solar Storms
On June 18, 2026, NASA announced the selection of the DAPHNE mission (Dynamic Atmosphere-Ionosphere Explorer) to enter Phase B development — the detailed planning…