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Latika Takes interviews John Curtice

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We’re failing to deter Russia’s sabotage: Germany’s military chief

Small targets eventually end up in the crosshairs

Latika Takes interviews US Lt. Gen. Matthew McFarlane

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🇳🇴 From Stavanger, Latika Takes interviews Christian Bruch at ONS

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Vladimir Putin takes aim at AUKUS

Farage can't take a joke

Xi would be deposed if he did a Putin in Taiwan

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The Australian government plunged AUKUS into new confusion

Risk vs reindustrialisation at Farnborough

Farage attacks 'chameleon' Burnham

Keir farewells a strengthened Kemi

If Ankara was Trump's last NATO, Mark Rutte can pat himself on the back

China fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, NATO takes note

The UK's defence investment plan & AUKUS

Burnham banishes the ghoul of Keir past

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I want to continue as Andy Burnham's AUKUS envoy

A new frontman for the Downing Street carousel

Populism is not unstoppable

Latika Takes interviews Ben Judah

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John Healey's resignation is terrible for AUKUS

Latika Takes interviews Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Taking four years to announce an AUKUS project? That's embarrassing

🇺🇦 From Odesa, Latika Takes interviews Nico Lange

An interview with Trump's Board of Peace High Rep for Gaza

🇨🇿 From Prague, Latika Takes interviews Mark Esper

🇪🇪 From Tallinn, Latika Takes interviews Kaupo Rosin

Why I'm willing to launch a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer

Armenia's Big Fat European Week

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🇦🇲 From Yerevan, Latika Takes interviews Robert Abisoghomonyan

Takaichi's Australia visit a missed opportunity

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Charles has a history of political meddling, thank goodness!

🇬🇷 From Delphi Economic Forum, Latika Takes interviews Carla Sands

'He’s an arsehole': Labour fury at Keir Starmer

France reveals a silver lining of Trump 2.0

An interview with Australia's Defence Industry Minister

Hungary exposes the limits of JD Vance

Latika Takes interviews Michael Fallon

First NATO, now MAGA targets the Five Eyes

Trump doesn’t need to quit NATO to fatally undermine it

Europe turns a page on Trump

Latika Takes interviews Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Grandin

What I'm Reading: The Monroe Doctrine Explained

EU beauty: von der Leyen's trade trifecta

I asked Alexander Stubb why Europe doesn't do a reverse Trump

Trump dismayed at allies over Iran, threatens NATO again

What I'm Reading: The Iran war, a fortnight on

The Mandelson Files: Starmer is out of excuses

Latika Takes interviews Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna

Suddenly Zelensky has so many cards

Q&A: John Bolton savages weak Starmer over Iran

🇺🇦 From Kyiv, Latika Takes interviews drone pilot 'Bambi'

Putin struggles to feed his meatgrinder

🇺🇦 From Odesa, Latika Takes interviews Oleksii Goncharenko

Why do we give the monarchy a free pass?

🇩🇪 From Munich, Latika Takes interviews Richard Marles

The speech to listen to at Munich was von der Leyen's, not Rubio's

‘New heights’: Russia is aligning with China’s goals, top intelligence report

🇺🇸 From Washington DC, Latika Takes interviews Jim Townsend

What I'm Reading - The Epstein Files fallout

Gormless Starmer snared in Mandelson's Epstein net

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Trump retreats on Greenland, but Europe indulges in new self harm

Mark Carney rips up the Davos fairytale

Trump crosses a line

Nigel Farage gains a Tory rat, but Kemi Badenoch grows in stature

Even if Kevin Rudd's departure is overdue, Australia should have used him better

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Russia's mates make it a target, as the UK reminds Trump of its trans-Atlantic value

Latika Takes interviews Arsen Ostrovsky

'We're in the oil business': Trump seizes Venezuela

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