Maxime Marquette
MadMax is an independent bilingual news outlet based in Québec, publishing analysis on geopolitics, technology, democracy, and culture.
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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ANALYSIS: Moscow Under Drones: Ukraine's Aerial Blockade Strategy
According to Franceinfo , the Moscow region was targeted by more than 390 Ukrainian drones during the night of July 27 to 28, 2026.
INVESTIGATION: Iceberg Lettuce and the Blind Spots of America's Largest Cyclospora Outbreak
The CDC reported on July 24, 2026 that four additional states had been added to the multistate Cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce, bringing…
COLUMN: 'Nobody Dictates the Hour of War to Us': Iran's Long-Game Gamble
On July 28, 2026 , Donald Trump says there is a "good chance" of progress in talks on Iran, according to Boursorama . A…
NARRATIVE: Two Hundred Thousand Displaced by Fire, France Learns Mass Evacuation
One week was enough to turn the southwest of France into a territory of repeated evacuations . Between July 22 and July 28 ,…
ANALYSIS: $250 Billion in Guarantees, Nvidia Becomes the AI Boom's Central Bank
Can a chipmaker become the financial guarantor of its own customer? That is the question raised by the disclosed talks between Nvidia and OpenAI…
COMMENTARY: Patriot Under License, the New Currency Between Zelensky and Trump
Can a one-hour meeting shift the nature of a military alliance? On July 28, 2026 , Volodymyr Zelensky held a closed-door meeting with Donald…
ANALYSIS: Trump's Mail Ballot Order Reaches the Supreme Court
Can a decree already ruled partly unconstitutional still govern a national election? That is the precise question raised by the mail-in ballot file, as…
ANALYSIS: The Intercepted Strike That Exposes the Real Nature of the Truce
A pause is not a ceasefire . That is the sentence to keep in mind when trying to understand what happened during the night…
DECODING: Europe forces tech companies to label deepfakes
Since Sunday, July 26, 2026 , the European Union's AI Act requires companies deploying artificial intelligence to make deepfakes and other synthetic content identifiable…