Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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ESSAY: 200 Russian Kids of 18 in Coffins — The Youth Putin Sacrificed
Alisher Svirin died on May 1, 2026. He was 18. According to a joint BBC Russian and Mediazona investigation, he could not have served…
INVESTIGATION: Russia Wages War at Sea — Ghost Fleet, Shots at Civilians, and Escalation on All Fronts
Within 48 hours, two naval incidents shook Western capitals and confirmed what some were still pretending to ignore: Russia is waging a hybrid maritime…
PORTRAIT: JD Vance, the Solitary Architect of the Iran Deal That Is Fracturing the Trump Camp
On June 18, 2026, JD Vance stood alone at the White House podium — no Secretary of State, no national security advisor. The 50th…
TESTIMONY: Cubans Deported Under Trump — The Fear of a Knock at the Door Back to the Hell They Fled
May Díaz marched against Castro on July 11, 2021. She fled to the United States. In March 2026, ICE knocked on her door in…
FIELD REPORT: Behind Enemy Lines — Black Spark Partisans Strike Yaroslavl
On June 14, 2026, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces and the clandestine Russian partisan movement Chornaya Iskra carried out a joint sabotage operation against a…
EDITORIAL: Trump, Steel, Aluminum and Copper — The Trade Weapon Wounding His Own Allies
On June 1, 2026, Trump signed his third Section 232 tariff proclamation in twelve months. The commercial logic is coherent. The geopolitical cost is…
ANALYSIS: Hegseth Conditions NATO Contributions on Ally Spending — A Funding Revolution
On June 18, 2026, Pete Hegseth announced that US annual NATO contributions would be tied to allies' defense spending — rewriting the financial architecture…
BREAKDOWN: Hegseth in Brussels Dismantles the American Umbrella — NATO Trembles
On June 18, 2026, Pete Hegseth delivered an ultimatum dressed up as reform to NATO's defense ministers. The cuts are already in effect. The…
INVESTIGATION: The License That Arms Ukraine — Why the G7 Is Letting Kyiv Build Its Own Missiles
At the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains in June 2026, a quiet decision was made that could shift the war's balance more profoundly than any…