Pierre Briançon
@pierrebri.bsky.social
Columnist, Reuters Breakingviews, Berlin.
Betting markets, what's not to love? ("leading contender...")
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BlackRock’s Rick Rieder surges ahead in race to chair Federal Reserve
Donald Trump has said he plans to name his nominee to run the US central bank ‘in the not too distant future’
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January 30, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Betting markets, what's not to love? ("leading contender...")
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It's tough to admit you've become a provincial market place
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January 29, 2026 at 6:12 PM
It's tough to admit you've become a provincial market place
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The battle for Kupiansk: inside Ukraine’s victory against the odds
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January 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The battle for Kupiansk: inside Ukraine’s victory against the odds
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The Russian refinery Berlin cannot afford to lose
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The Russian refinery Berlin cannot afford to lose
Looming US sanctions risk cutting fuel supplies to German capital, prompting government to review Rosneft expropriation
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January 28, 2026 at 7:49 AM
The Russian refinery Berlin cannot afford to lose
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Trump may have Alzheimer’s, says niece
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January 27, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Trump may have Alzheimer’s, says niece
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(He said brain-dead, actually, my bad...)
NATO dude here painstakingly demonstrating how right Macron was when he talked about "brainless NATO."
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January 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM
(He said brain-dead, actually, my bad...)
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Germany's paper of record (not exactly a paragon of progressiveness) comes out in favor of boycotting the World Cup.
Fußball-WM 2026: Sollte der DFB über einen Boykott nachdenken?
Die Fußballwelt als Staffage: An Donald Trumps Politik wird auch die Weltmeisterschaft nichts ändern. Die Positionierung des DFB scheint klar.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Germany's paper of record (not exactly a paragon of progressiveness) comes out in favor of boycotting the World Cup.
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«Mr. Nobody Against Poutine» : Pavel Talankin, un dissident contre les salades russes
Chargé par le Kremlin de documenter la bonne application de la propagande dans l’école où il travaille, le vidéaste, contempteur de Poutine, en a tiré un film clandestin édifiant sur le lavage de cerveau
Chargé par le Kremlin de documenter la bonne application de la propagande dans l’école où il travaille, le vidéaste, contempteur de Poutine, en a tiré un film clandestin édifiant sur le lavage de cerveau
«Mr. Nobody Against Poutine» : Pavel Talankin, un dissident contre les salades russes
Chargé par le Kremlin de documenter la bonne application de la propagande dans l’école où il travaille, le vidéaste, contempteur de Poutine, en a tiré un film clandestin édifiant sur le lavage de cerveau des nouvelles générations.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM
«Mr. Nobody Against Poutine» : Pavel Talankin, un dissident contre les salades russes
Chargé par le Kremlin de documenter la bonne application de la propagande dans l’école où il travaille, le vidéaste, contempteur de Poutine, en a tiré un film clandestin édifiant sur le lavage de cerveau
Chargé par le Kremlin de documenter la bonne application de la propagande dans l’école où il travaille, le vidéaste, contempteur de Poutine, en a tiré un film clandestin édifiant sur le lavage de cerveau
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Pavel Talankin witnessed Russia’s efforts to indoctrinate children with the state’s ideology while working at a school in the Chelyabinsk region.
The footage he filmed became "Mr. Nobody Against Putin," which was shortlisted for the Academy Awards last month.
The footage he filmed became "Mr. Nobody Against Putin," which was shortlisted for the Academy Awards last month.
‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’: A Schoolteacher’s Stand Against Russia’s Child Indoctrination - The Moscow Times
Pavel Talankin witnessed Russia’s efforts to indoctrinate children with the state’s ideology while working as a school event coordinator in Karabash, a copper-smelting hub in Russia’s Chelyabinsk regi...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Pavel Talankin witnessed Russia’s efforts to indoctrinate children with the state’s ideology while working at a school in the Chelyabinsk region.
The footage he filmed became "Mr. Nobody Against Putin," which was shortlisted for the Academy Awards last month.
The footage he filmed became "Mr. Nobody Against Putin," which was shortlisted for the Academy Awards last month.
NATO dude here painstakingly demonstrating how right Macron was when he talked about "brainless NATO."
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January 26, 2026 at 8:29 PM
NATO dude here painstakingly demonstrating how right Macron was when he talked about "brainless NATO."
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Britain wants to save its red squirrels, and The Economist is on it.
How to give Britain’s decimated red squirrels a leg up over their grey American cousins? Our correspondent tells “The Intelligence” that the key is to use hazelnut butter bit.ly/3YVoVJ7
January 26, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Britain wants to save its red squirrels, and The Economist is on it.
“I was a surgeon in Iran…”
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Iran protest doctor: ‘In one street, I saw blood pooled in a gutter with a trail stretching several metres’ | Anonymous
I’ve worked as a surgeon in disaster zones. Nothing compares to the nightmare I saw in Iran’s hospitals when the state started shooting protesters
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January 25, 2026 at 12:40 PM
“I was a surgeon in Iran…”
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What Ukraine’s resilient banks can teach Zelenskiy www.breakingviews.com/columns/big-... @pierrebri.bsky.social
What Ukraine’s resilient banks can teach Zelenskiy
Lenders in the war-torn country have shrunk their bad loans from 37% to 24% of their portfolios in the last two years. Other sectors are shaken by corruption scandals, but the financial industry remai...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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What Ukraine’s resilient banks could teach Zelenskiy
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Breakingviews - What Ukraine’s resilient banks can teach Zelenskiy
Lenders in the war-torn country have shrunk their bad loans from 37% to 24% of their portfolios in the last two years. Other sectors are shaken by corruption scandals, but the financial industry remai...
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January 23, 2026 at 9:24 AM
What Ukraine’s resilient banks could teach Zelenskiy
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The Board of Peace farce marks the day when the whole Davos edifice should collapse under a long-deserved tsunami of ridicule. (Don't worry, it won't.)
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
The Board of Peace farce marks the day when the whole Davos edifice should collapse under a long-deserved tsunami of ridicule. (Don't worry, it won't.)
Read Steve Scherer on his journey "from foreign correspondent to Uber driver in Trump's America":
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January 22, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Read Steve Scherer on his journey "from foreign correspondent to Uber driver in Trump's America":
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Always trust irreplaceable NYTimes to dig deeper on the most important issues of the day
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Why Was Macron Wearing Sunglasses at Davos?
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January 21, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Always trust irreplaceable NYTimes to dig deeper on the most important issues of the day
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We live in the age of neo-royalist cliques - a Cambridge University paper
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Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System - Volume 79 Issue S1
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January 21, 2026 at 10:58 AM
We live in the age of neo-royalist cliques - a Cambridge University paper
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Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
Canadian military models response to hypothetical American invasion
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Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion
Armed Forces envision insurgency tactics like those used by Afghan mujahedeen, sources say. But officials and experts stress a U.S. operation is unlikely, and the scenarios are conceptual
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January 20, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Canadian military models response to hypothetical American invasion
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It's time for Macron to reclaim the Louisiana Purchase. My impeccable arguments:
January 20, 2026 at 2:11 PM
It's time for Macron to reclaim the Louisiana Purchase. My impeccable arguments:
When Trump talks about "peace" just remember the unsurpassed Mel Brooks
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To Be or Not To Be - A Little Piece of Poland
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January 20, 2026 at 11:16 AM
When Trump talks about "peace" just remember the unsurpassed Mel Brooks
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"Protectionist tariffs do not work. Always they are sold as short-term solutions. But inevitably, a quick-fix leads to long-term addiction..." Ronald Reagan in Davos, 1982.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:55 AM
"Protectionist tariffs do not work. Always they are sold as short-term solutions. But inevitably, a quick-fix leads to long-term addiction..." Ronald Reagan in Davos, 1982.
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Reading through the legal act of the EU's Anti-Coercion Instrument - and its definition on "coercion" reads like it was written for Trump's action:
A third country threatening to apply trade measures (here tariffs) interfering in the sovereign choices of an EU member states (Denmark on Greenland).
A third country threatening to apply trade measures (here tariffs) interfering in the sovereign choices of an EU member states (Denmark on Greenland).
January 18, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Reading through the legal act of the EU's Anti-Coercion Instrument - and its definition on "coercion" reads like it was written for Trump's action:
A third country threatening to apply trade measures (here tariffs) interfering in the sovereign choices of an EU member states (Denmark on Greenland).
A third country threatening to apply trade measures (here tariffs) interfering in the sovereign choices of an EU member states (Denmark on Greenland).
Where do they get these guys? Really?
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Where do they get these guys? Really?