Lecture
Robert Fox
Monday 29.12.2025
Robert Fox
Solstice Situation Report
Monday 29.12.2025
How to watch
This lecture starts on 29 December at 7:00pm (UK).
Summary
At the turn of the year and the turn of the first quarter of the 21st century, we look backward and forward. Is the current state of gloom in the public narrative overdone—despite terrible events and developments? We examine a handful of events in the first quarter of the century and draw some tentative conclusions. We look at the current turn of the year—and look forward to the important developments in the year to come, and what we have to work on to ensure a more secure and fulfilling future.
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.