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
4,540 columns published
ESSAY: Kim Jong Un's Exponential Escalation — Pyongyang Caught Democracies Off Guard
For twenty years, the international community treated North Korea as a manageable problem — a dangerous but peripheral curiosity, a miserable regime that would…
DECODING: Trump Threatens, Trump Negotiates — The Gears of a Diplomacy Where Fear Is the Fuel
During the week of June 22, 2026, the world watched a performance that encapsulates the entire diplomatic doctrine of the 47th President of the…
OPINION: $55 Billion for Machines That Kill Alone — Welcome to Faceless War
At Eurosatory 2026, the world's largest land defence and security trade show, arms companies proudly displayed their latest creations. Among them, one trend dominates…
PROFILE: Netanyahu, the Man Who Says No — and the Diplomatic Options Shrinking in Gaza
During a commissioning ceremony for combat officers in southern Israel, on June 25, 2026, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke words that went directly against…
INVESTIGATION: Rheinmetall, KNDS and the Broken Mirror of European Rearmament — Behind the Billions, the Flaws
After February 24, 2022, there was a conviction shared across financial markets and European chancelleries: the continent's defence industries were about to experience their…
NARRATIVE: Zhytomyr, Rivne, Volyn Under Drones — Western Ukraine Bombed via Belarusian Relay Stations
There is a geographic logic to this war that imposed itself for two years as a tacit certainty: eastern Ukraine burns, the west breathes.…
EDITORIAL: Iran Sanctions Relief — Tehran Expects Far More Than 60 Days for the MoU
On June 17, 2026, in Versailles, Donald Trump and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei signed a memorandum of understanding that opens a 60-day negotiating…
COLUMN: Trump's America vs. Fiscal Europe — Washington Chooses Its Enemies Among Its Allies
On June 26, 2026, Donald Trump brandishes a new tariff threat against Europe: a 100% duty on imports from any country that imposes a…
DECODING: Sino-American Council, Dialogue Tool or Showcase While Economic War Rages On
On June 25, 2026, the spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce, He Yadong, announced the creation of a US-China Trade Council tasked with overseeing…