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Lecture

Robert Fox
Inside Out; Outside In: Looking at Two Trouble Spots: Gaza and Ukraine

Monday 23.10.2023

Summary

Robert Fox will examine what is similar and what is different about the unfolding events in Ukraine and Israel. He looks at both crises in terms of the recent past, including the War of 1967, the War of 1973, and the Cold War. He also examines their effects on global stability and what both crises mean for long term international political strategy.

Robert Fox

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Robert Fox has been a professional reporter, commentator, author, and broadcaster for over 40 years. He has reported from the front in the Falklands conflict of 1982, the Middle East, including Iraq and the Palestinian territories, as well Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. After leaving Oxford with an honors degree in history in 1967, he has worked as a staff reporter and correspondent for the BBC and the Daily Telegraph. He is currently defense correspondent for the Evening Standard and broadcasts frequently for the BBC, Sky, and Radio 24 in Italy. Among his books are Eyewitness Falklands (1982), Antarctica and the South Atlantic (1985), and Camera in Conflict (1995). Robert lectures frequently to the British Army and the diplomatic community in London. He is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Royal Institute for International Affairs, Chatham House.