Maxime Marquette
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EDITORIAL: G7 Evian — The China Split Fractures the West and Portends the Worst
The 52nd G7 summit was held from June 15 to 17, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, this small French spa town known more for
COMMENTARY: Trump Presses Moscow to Make Peace—But How Far Will This Pressure Go?
On June 16, 2026, in Évian-les-Bains, on the shores of Lake Geneva, Donald Trump uttered four words that surged through diplomatic chancelleries
DECODED: The Secret Mechanics of Iran-US Talks and Their 60-Day Roadmap
On June 21, 2026, Al Jazeera reported that Iran and the United States had officially launched historic talks coupled with a 60-day
ANALYSIS: Trump Is Squandering His Historic Chance for Peace in Ukraine
When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, he carried a resounding promise: to end the war in Ukraine
REPORT: Europe Urges Trump to Host Zelensky and Putin — the G7 as Ultimate Leverage
On June 15, 2026, the leaders of the G7 met in the spa town of Évian-les-Bains, France, at the invitation of President
EDITORIAL: Sanctioning Beijing — The EU Finally Crosses the Rubicon Against Moscow's Ally
On June 15, 2026, in the hushed corridors of the EU Council in Brussels, something fundamental changed. For the first time since
INVESTIGATION: How China Became Putin's Economic Lifeline
Since February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin's Russia should have collapsed economically. More than 15,000 individual and sectoral sanctions have been imposed by
FACTCHECK: Do Sanctions Against Russia Really Work? Verification of Key Figures
On one side, Vladimir Putin tirelessly repeats that Western sanctions haven't changed a thing, that the Russian economy is weathering the storm,
ANALYSIS: 54% of exports, 58% of imports — Russia's commercial strangulation by the numbers
Since February 24, 2022, the European Union has built, sanctions package after sanctions package, a customs wall of a magnitude unprecedented in