Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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PROFILE: Huawei, the Champion Forged Against Its Will — Born of Sanctions, King of Chinese AI
In 2019, the Trump administration placed Huawei Technologies on the U.S. Department of Commerce's Entity List, cutting the company off from Qualcomm, Intel, ASML…
ESSAY: Ukraine Between Two Chairs — Associate Membership Rejected, 90 Billion Promised, Accession Suspended
On June 15, 2026, in Luxembourg, at the second intergovernmental EU-Ukraine conference, the official opening of Cluster 1 — Fundamentals of accession negotiations was…
COLUMN: Taiwan Expels, Beijing Returns — The South China Sea as a Full Dress Rehearsal
On June 7, 2026, Taiwan's coast guard deployed seven patrol vessels to intercept four Chinese government ships that had entered restricted waters located 30…
INVESTIGATION: Kim Jong-un Had His Hackers Inside Your Offices — 167,000 Applications, 76 Jobs Obtained
In 2024, a candidate for an AI architect position applied to Nisos, a cybersecurity firm based in Virginia. He stumbled through his answers, changed…
OPINION: A people erased while the UN watches — Palestine will wait once more
In June 2026, Israel militarily controls 64% of Gaza's territory. This figure is not a projection or a strategic planning hypothesis: it is documented,…
DECODING: IEEPA struck down by the Supreme Court — Trump bypasses, innovates, threatens still
On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that shook American trade policy to its foundations. By a vote of…
COMMENTARY: Russian sanctions for 12 months — stated resolve, limited effectiveness
On June 25, 2026, the Council of the European Union did something unprecedented since the start of sanctions against Russia in 2022: it extended…
EDITORIAL: DeepSeek V4 Pro under MIT license — poisoned gift or Beijing's masterstroke?
On April 24, 2026, DeepSeek, the artificial intelligence startup based in Hangzhou, published its V4 Pro model on Hugging Face under an MIT license.…
INVESTIGATION: France and Italy block entry ban for former Russian soldiers
On June 25, 2026, as the Council of the European Union had just adopted the decision to extend economic sanctions against Russia from 6…