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What I'm Reading: The TikTok Ruling
January 17: Five reads that piqued my interest this week
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UK Labour speaks with a forked tongue on China
ANALYSIS: Progressive realism seems little more than a cloak for wilful strategic negilgence.
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January 10: Five reads that piqued my interest this week
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'Fragile' British economy needs China to save it from food banks
Indo-Pacific Minister Catherine West said security had to be 'balanced' against the need to spur economic growth
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Musk v Farage is likely a godsend for Reform
ANALYSIS
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Launching @latikambourke, my Substack
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Australia's spy boss made an error of judgement in 'outing' traitor MP
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What the Tories can learn from the surprising recovery being staged by the Australian Liberals
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Tony Abbott slams GOP's 'Putin Fascination Syndrome'
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What I'm Reading
January 3: Five reads that piqued my interest this week
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Are left-wing goverments becoming one-termers?
ANALYSIS: Germany and Australia are set to test this theory
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My plans for Latika Takes in 2025
Some changes are coming including the launch of Latika's Guide to London
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What I'm Reading
December 27: Five reads that piqued my interest this week
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Did Russia just down another passenger plane?
A scenario all too horribly familiar for the victims of MH17 played out this Christmas.
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Why we can be grateful for Prince Andrew this Christmas
OPINION: Yes, really.
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December 20: Five reads that piqued my interest this week
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It's been tough work keeping up with Australia's excuses for its shut embassy in Kyiv
OPINION: The reopening of the post, nearly three years after the war in Ukraine began, has been an embarrassing farce with no good explanations.
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Latika Takes interviews the UK's Foreign and Defence Secretaries
EXCLUSIVE interview with David Lammy and John Healey
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Reads on Australian and British politics, geopolitics, strategic competition and more | What I'm Reading: Five reads that piqued my interest this week | Latika Takes: The Podcast | Latika's Guide to London
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Tom Griffin on intelligence history
Tom Griffin on intelligence history
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Geopolitical Dispatch
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Mick Ryan
Fighting for a Free Future with Steve Baker
Fighting for a Free Future with Steve Baker
Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA
SpyTalk
SpyTalk
Jeff Stein
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