Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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DECODING: China Erects a Steel Economic Wall — 56 US Firms Banned, the Curtain Falls
On Monday, June 22, 2026, the Chinese government launched a double commercial counterstrike that captured the attention of chancelleries worldwide. The Ministry of Finance…
ANALYSIS: Trump Sabotages His Own Side — Housing Sacrificed on the Altar of Electoral ID
The stage was set. A podium had been installed in the corridors of the Capitol, chairs arranged, a table bearing the presidential seal awaiting…
OPEN LETTER: To the European Commission — WhatsApp does not belong to Meta alone
Commissioner, on June 9, 2026, you made a decision that few institutions in the world would have dared to make. You ordered Meta Platforms…
ESSAY: Ukraine at Eurosatory 2026 — from survival to military innovation power
At the Paris-Nord Villepinte exhibition center, between June 15 and 19, 2026, Ukraine did not simply attend the world's largest defense trade show. It…
REPORT: USMCA on the wire — Trump gambles with North American free trade
The first of July, 2026. That date has concentrated the attention of American farmers, Mexican industrialists, Canadian exporters and everyone living off intra-North American…
ESSAY: London Climate Action Week — the UN between fossil fuels, AI and the Iran crisis
When United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the London Climate Action Week on June 23, 2026, he spoke beneath a heat wave threatening to…
OPINION: Trump vs Musk — the breakup threatening America's technological edge
It is hard to find in recent history a falling-out between two personalities as rich in potential consequences as the one between Donald Trump…
DECODING: AI as a weapon of state — Trump redraws the frontiers of exportable knowledge
At 5:21 PM on Friday, June 12, 2026, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick sent a letter to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. The contents…
ANALYSIS: June 2026 European Council — the EU at 27 searches for direction on Ukraine, China and budget
On June 18 and 19, 2026, the twenty-seven leaders of the European Union gathered in Brussels for a remarkably dense European Council. On the…