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My plans for Latika Takes in 2025
Did Russia just down another passenger plane?
Why we can be grateful for Prince Andrew this Christmas
It's been tough work keeping up with Australia's excuses for its shut embassy in Kyiv
Latika Takes interviews the UK's Foreign and Defence Secretaries
Latika Takes interviews Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna
What I'm Reading: Syria - the aftermath
Authoritarians are strong until they're not
What I'm Reading: The fall of Assad
Von der Leyen's Mercosur moment
Latika Takes: The Podcast from the Australian Institute of International Affairs conference
Latika Takes interviews urban warfare strategist John Spencer
Keir Starmer revives Golden Era China policy
On Australian politics: A despatch from Canberra
What I'm Reading: US election wash-up edition
Latika Takes Interviews Michael Green from the United States Studies Centre
What I'm Reading: The Trump 2.0 Special Edition
Ressurected Trump realigns American politics
Yes, foreign policy is a driving issue for US voters
Latika Takes interviews former US Ambassador to Palau John Hennessey
Latika Takes interviews pollster James Johnson, author of The Next America
I asked the three Commonwealth candidates if the body should be used to counter China
Latika Takes interviews Stephanie Baker, author of Punishing Putin
Australian tanks to go to Ukraine but why so late?
Sue Gray's departure will test whether Labour's problem is staff or Keir Starmer himself
What the Conservatives can learn from a potato head
Mykola Bielieskov joins Bourke & Ryan
Keir Starmer: The grifter that keeps on grifting
Tax the city to pay for undersea cables, says former Cabinet Minister
Latika Takes interviews Australia's Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham
Anne-Marie Trevelyan joins Bourke & Ryan
Campaigning on vibes is great, until the change you promised actually means pain
Benjamin Tallis joins Bourke & Ryan
Democrats release copy and paste foreign policy
Nancy Pelosi exposes Anthony Albanese's weakness
Kyiv Independent reporter Francis Farrell joins Bourke & Ryan
Meet the MP savaged by his own government for visiting Taiwan
Latika Takes interviews Australia's Opposition Leader Peter Dutton
Three years left to prepare for war, warns new army boss
Latika Takes interviews Australia's former High Commissioner to the UK George Brandis
One in five chance of full-scale war with China, warns Defence White Paper author
Bourke & Ryan: The podcast, featuring Mike Pezzullo
Biden's decline has become an American freak show
What the hell is going on in French politics? Part II
What I'm Reading: UK election special edition
Keir Starmer's landslide conceals real dangers for Labour
The Boris lesson? Make it a lot harder to knife PMs says Iain Duncan Smith
Bourke & Ryan: The Podcast, featuring Ukrainian Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko
What the hell is going on in French politics?
Julian Assange walks free, why now?
I asked Matt Pottinger and Elbridge Colby if they want to serve in a Trump Administration
Bourke & Ryan: The Podcast, featuring Australian Cabinet Minister Bill Shorten.
Deepfakes are okay in political campaigns says Boris Johnson's election-winning strategist
France's Emmanuel Macron plays Russian roulette, calls election for three weeks time
Bourke & Ryan: The Podcast, Episode 7
Memo to the Five Eyes: Follow TikTok ban
Bourke & Ryan: The Podcast, Episode 6
The Christopher Luxon interview
'Teenage Dad's Army' Keir Starmer mocks national service, is that just what Rishi Sunak wanted?
Bourke & Ryan: The Podcast, Episode 5
Bourke & Ryan: The Podcast, Episode 4
Bourke & Ryan: The Podcast, Episode 3
Why did intelligence agencies keep MPs in the dark about these hackers?
Fearing Europe's deindustrialisation Ursula von der Leyen's derisking grows fangs
Bourke & Ryan: The Podcast Episode 2
Albanese's outing at women's rally shows left not immune from the gender blowtorch
I asked Britain's Two Christophers how they will plead to spying charges
Germany and UK charge nationals with spying for China
'Must laugh at us': Putin succesfully scared the West into self-deterrence with empty nuke threats
Prepare now for Trump and the Trumpers taking it to the streets, retired General warns
We'll need 'deep pockets' for Ukraine, British minister warns
Why these winemakers aren’t banking on China despite the wine ban ending
Why the UK's David Lammy should be more worried than Kevin Rudd about Trump 2.0
I visited four countries to learn about disaster resilience, here's what I learnt
'No longer necessary', China drops tariffs on Australian wine after three years of economic coercion
Western response to Chinese hacking weak and bureaucratic
We suffer tremendous freedom guilt says Cheng Lei, after Chinese detention
Analysing the latest Threat Assessments
Long-read: In conversation with the Czech Republic's Foreign Minister
Australia's spy boss made an error of judgement in 'outing' traitor MP
Tony Abbott slams GOP's 'Putin Fascination Syndrome'
Five photos that show India's transformation
'None of us can afford to sit on the sidelines' Modi told on Ukraine
The man who led the campaign for Magnitsky sanctions wants a Navalny Act
NATO lifts its game as Trump rattles the Trans-Atlantic alliance
Attacks on shipping hurt the Global South, so why is China so passive?
Keir Starmer should look twice at how Australian Labor's small-target strategy has worked out
Death penalty sentence exposes limits of Australia's 'stabilisation' with China
Facebook turns 20, a discussion
Long-read: Big Tech's election year, in conversation with Katie Harbath
What the prospect of a second Trump presidency means for WikiLeaks
We don't expect US to come to our rescue says Taiwanese diplomat
Trump could quit race over repeated gaffes claims former Ambassador
No 'Sir Galahad or Boudica to ride to the rescue' warns former Tory leader
Escalation fears, 'underwhelming' Borrell, why the EU has been slow to act on the Red Sea
What the words 'soberisation' and 'dosing' tell us about Putin's nuclear intentions
David Lammy's foreign policy speech avoids the T-word
'Improbable' China will negotiate end to Ukraine war
Raise debt for green jobs to give hope to unhappy middle class, says Macron
Journalists should welcome AI says Microsoft CEO
What the Tories can learn from the surprising recovery being staged by the Australian Liberals
Australia stopped the boats, why is promising to do the same a risk for Rishi Sunak?
'A real-life Top Gun Maverick moment': US and Britain strike Houthi targets in Yemen
What David Cameron said about Huawei 'inconceivable' says former intelligence committee chair
Keir Starmer just said one of the most refreshing things I've ever heard a politician say
Why China's latest target is France's Emmanuel Macron
BYD overtakes Elon's Tesla. Why do EVs have geopolitical significance?
Australia's prime minister suggests he doesn't want to add to 2024's record year of elections