Lecture
Robert Fox
Monday 29.06.2026
Robert Fox
In the Middle of Things: Medias Res
Monday 29.06.2026
How to watch
This lecture starts on 29 June at 7:00pm (UK).
Summary
We are in the middle of things—processes have begun but are unlikely to finish well: The new era of the Autocrats is not going well for the autocrats (Trump, Putin, Modi, and Xi), who are now under the shadow of an even more inflated culture of autocracy—the tech bros who have ascended into the trillionaire bracket, with personal fortunes bigger than four-fifths of the states belonging to the UN General Assembly. The new gang of Musk, Bezos, Alex Karp and their like are a challenge to the norms of governance. We are in medias res with two difficult conflicts, which we cannot afford to ignore. The order of the world is changing; the US is no longer the hyper-power framed by Francis Fukuyama. So what comes next? Is the game up for democracy and regulated governance? Turn the page and let’s open the next chapter.
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.