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The brightest news out of Europe since Putin started the war
SATURDAY LONG READ: A rare reason to celebrate
Oct 3, 2025
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With an ambush, Europe is plunged into peril
ANALYSIS
Mar 1, 2025
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Latika Takes interviews Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna
Margus Tsahkna discusses Estonia's support for the US/Israel war against Iran, China's role in the Ukraine war and the Trump Administration's oil…
Mar 8
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Suddenly Zelensky has so many cards
The US has requested Ukraine's help in downing Iranian drones
Mar 5
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Q&A: John Bolton savages weak Starmer over Iran
Donald Trump's former national security advisor backs regime change but has some questions
Mar 2
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Mar 8, 2025
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With an ambush, Europe is plunged into peril
Mar 1, 2025
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Launching @latikambourke, my Substack
Jan 1, 2024
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Mark Carney rips up the Davos fairytale
Jan 21
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🇺🇦 From Kyiv, Latika Takes interviews drone pilot 'Bambi'
Listen now | The 20-year-old American discusses why he decided to join the Ukrainian army to fight Russia
Mar 1
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Putin struggles to feed his meatgrinder
It is the first time Russia has lost more men than it can find to send to the frontline
Feb 24
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🇺🇦 From Odesa, Latika Takes interviews Oleksii Goncharenko
Listen now | The Opposition MP discusses why he doesn't want elections now, Zelensky's mistakes and the guarantees Ukraine needs for its security
Feb 22
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Why do we give the monarchy a free pass?
This culture protected Andrew until it could no more
Feb 20
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🇩🇪 From Munich, Latika Takes interviews Richard Marles
Listen now | Australia's Defence Minister discusses the Munich Security Conference, 2026
Feb 17
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The speech to listen to at Munich was von der Leyen's, not Rubio's
The EU Commission President put forward her most ambitious proposal yet
Feb 16
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‘New heights’: Russia is aligning with China’s goals, top intelligence report
The analysis by Estonia's highly-regarded foreign intelligence service dashes hopes of the US executing a 'reverse-Nixon'
Feb 11
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🇺🇸 From Washington DC, Latika Takes interviews Jim Townsend
Listen now | The former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence Trump's threats to the transatlantic alliance, the future of Europe security, Mark Rutte's…
Feb 8
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What I'm Reading - The Epstein Files fallout
Feb 6: Five reads that piqued my interest
Feb 7
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