Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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OPEN LETTER: To Kim Jong-un — June 25, 2026 and the Anniversary of a War That Never Ended
Mr. Kim Jong-un, you chose June 25, 2026 to oversee your weapons tests. This was no accident. On June 25, 1950, your political predecessors…
FACT-CHECK: €3.2 Billion for Ukraine — What the EU Really Promised, Paid and Conditioned at Gdańsk
On June 25, 2026, at the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference in Gdańsk, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the disbursement of €3.2 billion…
COMMENTARY: Rubio, Hormuz and the Toll Booth Temptation — When Washington Plays With the Iranian Nuclear Fire
At the end of June 2026, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio publicly declared that Iran would be excluded from all transit through the…
OPINION: Trump, Tariffs and Allies — the Day Washington Declared a Trade War on Its Own Friends
On June 26, 2026, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social an announcement that sent chills through European and Asian capitals: he threatened to impose…
NARRATIVE: Drone Swarms Over Salisbury Plain — AUKUS Reinvents Undersea Warfare in the Indo-Pacific
On June 22, 2026, across the misty expanses of Salisbury Plain, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States conducted the Army Warfighting Experiment…
INVESTIGATION: Venezuelan Oil Under Custody — How Moscow and Beijing Are Locking In the Post-Maduro Era
On January 3, 2026, U.S. special forces captured Nicolás Maduro under a federal arrest warrant for narco-terrorism. Within hours, Delcy Rodríguez became acting president…
COLUMN: Israel in Syria — An Occupation Without a Mandate, a Security Council Without a Voice
On June 25, 2026, at a combat officer graduation ceremony in southern Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pronounced a formula that, in a few…
COMMENTARY: Hanwha Edged Out by the "European United Front" — When Protectionism Weakens NATO
The Korean defense industry — "K-Defense" — has spent recent years accumulating spectacular commercial successes in Europe. Poland, Romania, Norway, and other nations had…
DECODING: Kostyantynivka — How Moscow Manufactures Victories With AI and Lies
On June 23, 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed during a public statement that Russian forces are advancing on all fronts and "practically reaching"…