Maxime Marquette
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TESTIMONY: Valiant Shield 2026 — 10,000 US-Japan soldiers send a message Beijing cannot ignore
Since June 22, 2026, the USS George Washington, a Nimitz-class American aircraft carrier, and its escorts have been maneuvering in the Philippine
OPEN LETTER: To the China that encircles Taiwan — your maneuvers will not go unnoticed
From June 22 to 26, 2026, Taiwan is conducting a series of military exercises called the "Immediate Combat Readiness Exercise." These exercises
FACT-CHECK: North Korean soldiers in Ukraine — verified figures and what they reveal
On June 23, 2026, South Korea officially announced that it would welcome all North Korean prisoners of war captured by Ukraine who
ESSAY: The KN-23 missile — when Ukraine becomes Kim Jong-un's laboratory
There is one statistic I want to engrave in the mind of every Western strategist who still thinks the war in Ukraine
NARRATIVE: Kim Jong-un orders "exponential" nuclear expansion — and the world holds its breath
In late June 2026, at a plenary session of the Korean Workers' Party, Kim Jong-un uttered a sentence that should haunt strategists
PROFILE: Kim Jong-un and Putin, two years of alliance — what Iran understood that the West refuses to see
June 19, 2026 marks the second anniversary of the mutual defense treaty signed between Russia and North Korea at the Pyongyang summit.
COMMENTARY: The BIOSECURE Act, WuXi AppTec, and the Technological War Against the CRINK Axis
While the world was watching the Strait of Hormuz and the Versailles USA-Iran negotiations, another war was unfolding silently in laboratories, American
OPINION: The Iran Deal Rattles the Oil Market — and Putin Is Starting to Do the Math
There are diplomatic decisions that are measured in moral, strategic, or legal terms. And then there are decisions measured immediately in dollars
EDITORIAL: Hezbollah, Proxies, and the Illusion of a Total Ceasefire With Iran
The USA-Iran memorandum of understanding of June 17, 2026 provides for a cessation of hostilities on "all fronts" — an ambitious formulation