Robert Fox
War, Peace and People
Summary
In this talk, Robert Fox delves into current global issues and their potential impact on 2024 elections around the world. He asks, what does additional military aid from the United States mean for the war in Ukraine? He discusses the fate of the Israeli hostages, the potential for Hamas’s defeat and the recent conflict with Iran.
Fox also raises the issues of aging populations in both America and China and asks, how are their respective governments addressing these issues? He explores how declining populations in these advanced economies will affect long-term planning for welfare, migration and climate change.
Robert Fox
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.