Maxime Marquette
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Columns by Maxime Marquette
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PORTRAIT: Golden Dome, Decoding a Program Told in Three Acts
Some programs are best understood not as a single announcement but as a story told in three separate acts, each with its own date,…
COMMENTARY: The Pentagon's Historic Budget, Between the Headline Number and Its Shadows
Every large number invites a simpler story than the one underneath it, and the Pentagon's $1.01 trillion FY2026 budget, a 13.4% increase according to…
COLUMN: America Puts a Price on the Sky With Golden Dome
Sixty years after the phrase "Star Wars" first entered the American defense lexicon as a punchline as much as a plan, the country is…
EDITORIAL: How Sanctions Redrew the Map of Russian Oil Trade
Sanctions are supposed to work slowly, and that slowness is precisely why the October 22, 2025 measures against Rosneft and Lukoil deserve a serious…
INVESTIGATION: A Strategic Reading of the $1.01 Trillion Pentagon Budget
A trillion dollars is easy to say and almost impossible to picture, which is exactly why the Pentagon's FY2026 budget of $1.01 trillion, a…
REPORT: Congress Approves $185 Million in Weapons for Ukraine
On February 6, 2026, the State Department approved a $185 million arms sale to Ukraine, covering Class IX spare parts for Abrams tanks, Bradley…
DECODING: Lukoil, a Cold Read One Month Later
A deadline is a strange thing to watch when it keeps moving. That is exactly what has happened with the Lukoil asset sale deadline,…
ANALYSIS: Why $15.1 Billion in Cyber Defense Changes the Equation
A trillion dollars is the kind of number that stops making sense the moment you say it out loud. Yet that is exactly the…
NOTE: PURL in Five Numbers
The PURL mechanism, launched to finance the purchase of American military equipment destined for Ukraine, has taken, since its launch, an increasingly central place…