Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
4,540 columns published
REPORT: 4.7 million Americans without food aid — the true face of the Big Beautiful Bill
In Phoenix, Arizona, lines at food banks have doubled since last summer. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Mary's Food Bank…
DECODING: The Iran-US Geneva deal — temporary peace or disguised capitulation?
On June 17, 2026, in a Geneva conference room, three men signed a document that immediately made front pages around the world. Donald Trump,…
ANALYSIS: The Ukrainian drone that set Moscow — and Putin's strategy — on fire
On June 18, 2026, at dawn, residents of the Kapotnya district in southeastern Moscow woke to an apocalyptic atmosphere: columns of black smoke rising…
OPEN LETTER: Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Satya Nadella — Beijing has already made the choice for you
I am writing to you from outside your headquarters — from the vantage point of someone who has observed, for years, the way you…
COMMENTARY: The G7 demands North Korea's denuclearization — Pyongyang responds with a definitive no
On June 16 and 17, 2026, the G7 leaders gathered in Évian-les-Bains, France, on the shores of Lake Geneva. A beautiful setting for a…
DECODING: The EU tightens screws with a 21st sanctions package against Moscow — but Brussels stumbles
On June 9, 2026, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced with great fanfare the 21st European Union sanctions package against Russia. Nearly…
OPINION: Anchorage produced nothing — but Moscow talks as if everything was signed there
On June 25, 2026, in Manama (Bahrain), US Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded to journalists with unusually direct clarity. "There was no agreement…
COLUMN: The Turnberry accord approved June 25 — Trump torpedoes it all on the 26th
On June 25, 2026, in Luxembourg, the Council of the European Union formally adopted the two regulations implementing the trade agreement concluded between the…
REPORT: Natanz, Fordow, Isfahan — What IAEA Inspectors Will Find, Hope For, and Dread
On June 26, 2026, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, publicly declared that inspections of Iranian enrichment sites will…