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: How Chinese Factories Are Lowering Prices in Your Country
OPEN LETTER: Gaza, a Mosque Struck and Two Clashing Accounts
ANALYSIS: Three Russian Drones Later, Romania Changes Doctrine
NARRATIVE: Deadly Explosion at a Central Moscow Cafe Kills Three
EDITORIAL: The Senate Bars the Door to Any Pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell
COMMENTARY: Schumer under fire, the fight exposing Democratic fractures
At the end of this cross-check, the contestation of Chuck Schumer documented by The Hill and the Los Angeles Times, concretely illustrated by his…
ANALYSIS: The AI Act, Brussels Publishes the Final Manual Three Days Out
At the end of this cross-check, the July 20, 2026 publication does not create a new obligation: it locks in, days before the August…
EDITORIAL: New U.S. Tariffs Cement a Sweeping Tariff Turning Point
At the end of this cross-check, the real story is not an August 1 deadline — which the available sources do not confirm —…
ANALYSIS: Chinese Exports to the United States Retreat in July
At the end of this cross-check, the retreat in Chinese exports to the United States in July 2026 is neither an isolated accident nor…