Maxime Marquette
MadMax is an independent bilingual news outlet based in Québec, publishing analysis on geopolitics, technology, democracy, and culture.
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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EDITORIAL: Beijing's grey-zone strategy in the South China Sea — a conquest without a declaration of war
In June 2026, Philippine authorities published photographs of a new Chinese floating structure installed near Scarborough Shoal, an atoll claimed by both Beijing and…
DECODING: Autonomous drones — Turkey, Iran and China are closing the gap on America
The global military drone sector is undergoing an unprecedented structural transformation. The most conservative projections place the market at $55 billion by 2032, with…
OPINION: Iran in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen — the invisible empire Washington refuses to name
While Washington and Tehran negotiate a memorandum of understanding (MoU) meant to end hostilities and open the path to a nuclear deal, Iran is…
COLUMN: Rheinmetall drops 18% in a single day — the market is saying what politicians refuse to admit
The 24th of June 2026 will go down in stock market history as the worst day in the history of Rheinmetall AG. Shares in…
REPORT: Kim Jong Un's nuclear programme accelerates at a pace that seriously alarms Washington
On June 25, 2026, the 76th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, Kim Jong Un personally oversaw a series of weapons tests…
COMMENTARY: Ukraine strikes Moscow where it hurts most — the economy and the prestige
In the night of June 17 to 18, 2026, nearly 200 Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow and its surrounding region, triggering one of the most…
OPEN LETTER: Mr. Grossi, Iran, and the Geneva deadlock — what the world expects from you
Mr. Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), between June 24 and 26, 2026 you said something of remarkable clarity:…
DECODING: Section 122 and Trump tariffs — when the Supreme Court forces protectionism to reinvent itself
On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision that would force the Trump administration to rewrite its entire trade arsenal.…
ESSAY: AUKUS, drones, and the Indo-Pacific — the Western response to Xi Jinping's expansionism
On the plains of Salisbury, England, the summer of 2026 witnessed something that would have seemed like science fiction a decade ago: Australian, American,…