Maxime Marquette
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REPORT: The Night of Terror on June 15 — Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro Under Russian Missiles
In the night of June 14 to 15, 2026, Russia unleashed one of the largest bombing waves of the entire war: 681
COLUMN: The Washington-Beijing G2, a Deadly Trap for the West
On September 24, 2026, Xi Jinping will set foot in the White House. This is not a rumor, not a hallway speculation.
PORTRAIT: Scott Bessent, the Silent Architect of the Economic War Against Beijing
On May 19, 2026, in Paris, on the sidelines of a G7 finance ministers' meeting, Scott Bessent granted an exclusive interview to
ANALYSIS: Section 301 Against Chinese Overcapacity—The Right Weapon, Too Wide a Net
On March 11, 2026, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) triggered a trade bombshell: the launch of a Section
ANALYSIS: Trump's Tariff Wall vs. the July 24, 2026 Countdown
At 12:01 a.m. on July 24, 2026, Eastern Time, something remarkable will occur in the American tariff architecture: a fifty-year-old law will
ANALYSIS: Trump’s 10% Tariff Hits Asia and Hands the Region to Beijing on a Silver Platter
A WTO report has been circulating discreetly since June 13, 2026, in the halls of a World Trade Organization committee. It is
OP-ED: Shaheen and Warren Beg Trump to Stop Feeding Putin with Russian Oil
On June 17, 2026, while the world had its eyes glued to the G7 in France, two American senators — Jeanne Shaheen
INVESTIGATION: Beijing is Spying on Moscow — Digital Treachery at the Heart of the Sino-Russian Axis
This is a story that deserves a long look, one that should be turned over every which way to measure exactly what
FACT CHECK: Beijing Claims Its Trade With Moscow Is "Legitimate" — The Evidence Says Otherwise
On June 17, 2026, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission — the USCC — updated its tracker of Beijing's position on