Maxime Marquette
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INVESTIGATION: China Is Training Russian Soldiers for the War in Ukraine — The EU Has Proof
On June 15, 2026, in Luxembourg, following a meeting of the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council, Kaja Kallas — the EU High
COLUMN: Trump, Self-Proclaimed Mediator — the Danger of a Peace Imposed on Kyiv
Donald Trump hasn't changed. He has simply changed costumes. Yesterday a New York real estate salesman, today the grand architect of world
ESSAY: Peace Through Strength or Through Weakness — Western Doctrine in Crisis Against Putin
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the West has been torn by a question that dates back
REPORT: Is the 60-Day Iran-US Roadmap Fracturing the Moscow-Tehran Axis?
On June 21, 2026, mediators from Qatar and Pakistan announced from the Buergenstock resort in Switzerland that Iran and the United States
ANALYSIS: Western Peace Plan vs. Lavrov’s Ultimatum — The Irreconcilable Rift
On June 7, 2026, at Downing Street, the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Germany sat down with Volodymyr Zelensky to formulate
OPEN LETTER: Do Not Let Peace Become Ukraine's Capitulation
Ladies and gentlemen, leaders of the free world, I am writing to you from this precise moment where history begins to stutter
DECODED: Beijing Applauds the US-Iran Deal — But China’s Strategic Calculus is Lethal
On June 18, 2026, while American and Iranian delegations were still trading suspicious glances in Switzerland, the spokesperson for the Ministry of
COLUMN: "Very Good Talks" — Trump at the G7, Diplomatic Theater Decoded Without the Fluff
It only takes a handful of words to measure the depth of a foreign policy. On June 17, 2026, leaving the G7
ANALYSIS: Ukraine Peace Talks — Current State of a Diplomatic File in Peril
The G7 summit held in Évian-les-Bains, France, on June 16 and 17, 2026, marked a turning point — at least a symbolic