Latika Takes: The Podcast

In this episode, Latika interviews Tymofiy Mylovanov to discuss the state of Ukraine amid a shifting mood in Kyiv and the US Presidential elections. My Mylovanov was Ukraine’s former Economy, Trade and Agriculture Minister and is now President of the Kyiv School of Economics. He is a prominent Ukrainian voice online as he argues Kyiv’s case to the world. Latika and Mr Mylovanov caught up in London...

Mykola Bielieskov discusses the war in Ukraine, the recent offensive into Kursk and President Volodymyr Zelensky’s peace plan. He outlined why Ukraine needs the capability to strike inside Russia, the view from Ukraine about the likelihood of Russian President Vladimir Putin using nuclear weapons against Ukraine and whether the UK should tack to the United States’ position or go it alone and give...

In this episode, Latika interviews Australia’s shadow foreign minister Simon Birmingham at the recent GLOBSEC security conference in Prague. Senator Birmingham recently travelled to Kyiv, becoming the first Australian foreign or shadow minister to visit Ukraine since 2014. He discussed the need for Australia to upgrade its contributions to Ukraine and why the European theatre matters to the Indo-P...

In this week’s episode, Mick breaks down the Ukrainian offensive into Kursk and discusses the success of the Ukrainians and the lessons they’ve learnt since the failed, and overhyped counter-offensive. Then we are joined by Dr Benjamin Tallis, one of Europe, and Germany’s leading foreign policy analysts. Based in Berlin Dr Tallis was part of Action Group Zeitenwende at the German Council on Foreig...

This week Latika interviews Australia’s Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. Dutton served as Home Affairs and Defence Minister in the last Coalition government before it lost power in 2022. Under that government, Australia-China relations reached a nadir as tensions boiled over and China slapped Australia with enormous tariffs in retaliation for the government’s call for an inquiry into Covid. China c...