Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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DECODING: Crossed Blacklists — The US-China Decoupling Becomes Institutional
On June 22, 2026, Beijing drew. In a single day, two Chinese ministries announced coordinated measures directly targeting the American military-industrial ecosystem. The Ministry…
REPORT: Europe on Fire — The June 2026 Heatwave Redefines the Extreme
June 23, 2026 will be etched in collective memory. That day, France recorded the hottest single day in its history since measurements began in…
COMMENTARY: The ECB raises rates — the price of war is being paid in Frankfurt
On June 11, 2026, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) raised all three key interest rates by 25 basis points. The…
ANALYSIS: China encircles Taiwan from the east — the fait accompli strategy
Since June 1, 2026, the waters east of Taiwan — the Pacific Ocean, the island's "forgotten side" — are no longer what they were.…
INVESTIGATION: Musk-Trump, the explosive break that shook American power
November 2024. Elon Musk invests $277 million in Donald Trump's campaign — a record contribution, the largest ever made by a private donor in…
OPINION: 660 drones in one night — Ukraine changes the rules of war
In the night of June 25 to 26, 2026, Ukraine launched the largest drone offensive in its own history. Russia's Ministry of Defense announced…
EDITORIAL: Ankara, the summit that will reshape the Atlantic Alliance
On July 7 and 8, 2026, the leaders of 32 NATO member nations will converge on the Beştepe Presidential Complex in Ankara. This will…
COLUMN: American AI under seizure — when Washington cuts access to its own brains
On Friday, June 12, 2026, at 5:21 PM Eastern Time, a letter signed by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick landed in the inbox of Anthropic,…
NARRATIVE: The Berlin E5 Summit — Europe's five forge their armor before NATO's Ankara
On that Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Berlin, the German Federal Chancellery hosted an unprecedented diplomatic format: for the first time, the five major…