Robert Fox
Summer Storms
Summary
This lecture considers where things stand after the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington, DC. Major questions were raised about Russia and the security of Europe. Will the threat of confrontation and neo-war spread? Russia is extending into Africa, the Mediterranean, South America, and Antarctica. In the Gulf/Levant we are now faced with a three- or even four-front war: Gaza, the Red Sea, the West Bank, and southern Lebanon. How much does this involve the direct interests and vulnerability of the southern NATO partners? Should NATO and Europe obsess about Trump-proofing their interests?
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.