About Andrew

Andrew Fox is a frontline conflict researcher. He served for 16 years in the British Army (2005-21), leaving the Parachute Regiment with the rank of Major. He completed three tours in Afghanistan, including one with the US Army Special Forces, as well as tours in Bosnia, Northern Ireland, and the Middle East. He earned British, American, and Bahraini special forces parachute jump wings, as well as a US Army Combat Infantryman’s Badge.

His first degree was in Law & Politics (LLB). He subsequently achieved Distinctions in both War Studies & Military History (MA) and Psychology (MSc), with postgraduate certificates in Leadership & Strategic Management, and Higher Education. He is currently studying for a PhD in War Studies, focusing on lessons for the future of warfare from the 7 October and Ukraine wars.

He was a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, teaching in the War Studies and Behavioural Science departments, where he instructed officer cadets in training on military theory and leadership. Specialising in Defence, the Middle East, and the psychology of disinformation, he is currently a senior associate fellow at the Henry Jackson Society in London, the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security in Israel, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Canada, and the Euro-Med Middle East Council in France. He sits on the international advisory boards of NGO Monitor and the International Legal Forum.

In 2024, he visited Gaza twice and captured Hezbollah tunnels in Lebanon. In 2025, he was the first neutral researcher invited to observe the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's distribution sites, and he also visited the front lines in Ukraine.

Andrew is a regular contributor to international media, appearing on Fox News (USA), NewsMax (USA), News Nation (USA), Sky News (UK and Australia), BBC Newsnight, Channel 12 and i24 (Israel), GB News, TalkTV, LBC radio and Chai FM (South Africa), and has been published in the Spectator, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, NY Post and the Tablet, amongst others. He has spoken in the British Houses of Parliament, the French Senate, and the United Nations.

His regular writing on his bestselling Substack can be found here.

Sandhurst awarded Andrew the Dewan Misri Chand award for enterprise in 2022, for his work supporting Afghan refugees following the fall of Kabul in 2021. His work on the Middle East conflict was recognised by the World Zionist Organisation in 2024. In 2025, he was featured on Algemeiner’s J100 list of People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, alongside Donald Trump, Douglas Murray and Javier Milei, amongst others.

Andrew is a Knight of the Order of St Joachim, a Freeman of the City of London, and a member of the Worshipful Company of Communicators. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority, a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, and a Chartered Manager.

Andrew co-hosts The Brink podcast with former Jewish Chronicle editor, Jake Wallis Simons, one of the UK’s fastest-growing new podcasts. We amassed 1 million downloads in the first two months after our launch in September 2025. You can listen here.

Andrew Fox KJ, LLB(Hons), MA, MSc, FHEA, FRSA, CMgr MCMI