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🇩🇪 From Munich, Latika Takes interviews Richard Marles
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🇩🇪 From Munich, Latika Takes interviews Richard Marles

Australia's Defence Minister discusses the Munich Security Conference, 2026

This week Latika Takes: The Podcast is at the Munich Security Conference in Bavaria, Germany.

Latika interviews Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles about his debut appearance at Europe’s largest security and defence conference in Munich, Germany.

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles at the Munich Security Conference 2026.

Mr Marles discusses the future of the war in Ukraine, why rules still matter in the global order and China’s military build-up.

He gives his reaction to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s address to the MSC and his views on the health of the transatlantic alliance.

And he shares the details of the gift given to him by his new running mate, Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjirō Koizumi.

The panels discussed in this podcast can be found here.

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