Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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OPINION: 500,000 Pixel Warriors — Seoul Answers Kim Jong-un with a Drone Army
On Friday, June 26, 2026, the South Korean Ministry of Defense announced a plan that would read like a video game premise if its…
COLUMN: Iran-USA in Lucerne — Four Working Groups to Defuse a Century of Mutual Distrust
There is something irreducibly banal — and extraordinary — about the image of American and Iranian technicians sitting around a table in Switzerland to…
EDITORIAL: The Lebanon-Israel Deal — A "Beginning of the Beginning" or Peace Without Hezbollah
On June 26, 2026, surrounded by Lebanese and Israeli representatives in the hushed corridors of the State Department, Marco Rubio announced what he called…
TESTIMONY: Zelensky vs. Lukashenko — One Week to Silence the Death Relays
On June 19, 2026, Volodymyr Zelensky stood before journalists and spoke simple, direct words that rang like an indirect declaration of war against Alexander…
DECODING: Xi Jinping Weaves His Web — China's Diplomatic Encirclement of the West via Middle Powers
Since the start of 2026, Xi Jinping has received more than a dozen heads of state and government in Beijing. Presidents, prime ministers, leaders…
ANALYSIS: Italy and Spain, two European democracies testing their own limits
While Europe watches with justified vigilance the threats from abroad — Putin's Russia, Xi's China, the instability on its southern flank — two of…
FACT-CHECK: China's $295 billion vs America's $725 billion in AI — the real numbers behind the race
Since the start of 2026, a formula has been circulating in specialized technology media, geopolitical circles, and government publications: China is investing $295 billion…
PROFILE: Mike Johnson, the man caught between God, Trump, and the American Constitution
There is something almost tragic about the silhouette of Mike Johnson in this month of June 2026. Speaker of the United States House of…
COLUMN: Europe extends its Russia sanctions — a historic signal that deserves to be understood
On June 25, 2026, the Council of the European Union extended economic sanctions against Russia for a period of twelve months, through July 31,…