Maxime Marquette
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EDITORIAL: 90 BILLION IN ONE YEAR — EUROPE FINALLY WAKES UP, TOO LATE?
Some figures sound like a victory. And some figures sound like a barely disguised reproach. On June 17, 2026, during the NATO pre-ministerial press…
OPINION: ByteDance refuses the stock market and targets $1 trillion — the boldest bet in global tech
In early May 2026, the board of ByteDance — the parent company of TikTok, the most downloaded app on the planet — decided to…
REPORT: Taiwan on a war footing — 5 days of exercises to learn to survive China's attack
On June 22, 2026, at dawn, columns of tanks and armored vehicles from Taiwan's 269th Infantry Brigade began patrolling National Highway 31, in the…
ANALYSIS: 620 Chinese nuclear warheads — SIPRI sounds the alarm on an unchecked arms race
On June 8, 2026, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute — SIPRI — published its annual yearbook on armaments, disarmament, and international security. The…
DECODING: China's Lijian anti-drone lasers — the portable weapon rewriting the rules of combat
From June 16 to 18, 2026, the Chinese capital hosted the Defence Information Equipment and Technology Exhibition, a restricted-access military trade show presenting the…
INVESTIGATION: Beijing's 155mm naval supergun — the siege weapon aimed at Taiwan from the sea
There is something anachronistic, almost cinematic, about the image of a 155-millimeter cannon mounted on the bow of a modern destroyer. The era of…
ANALYSIS: PL-16 VS AIM-260 — THE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE RACE REDRAWING THE PACIFIC SKY
In the air wars of the future, one truth imposes itself: combat will no longer be won at close range, in tight turns where…
DECODING: THE DF-17 HYPERSONIC FILMED IN FLIGHT — A MESSAGE FOR WASHINGTON AND TAIPEI
On June 20, 2026, in the vast arid expanse of the Gobi Desert, Chinese military vehicles executed a carefully filmed choreography. Mobile launchers of…
REPORT: BEIJING SANCTIONS 10 US FIRMS AND BANS 46 FROM PUBLIC MARKETS — THE TRADE WAR RESUMES
On Monday, June 22, 2026, as Washington was still digesting the fallout from its 1260H list expanded to 188 Chinese companies, Beijing responded with…