James Robbins (born January 19, 1954) is the BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent, a post he has held since January 1998. He had previously served as its Southern Africa Correspondent (from 1987 to 1991) and its Europe Correspondent (from 1992 to 1998). He led the BBC's coverage of 9/11, making the first report on that evening's BBC Ten O'Clock News, a report lasting over 7 minutes. He is a regular contributor to BBC news programmes.

Educated at the independent Westminster School, he read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at Christ Church, Oxford before joining the BBC as a graduate trainee in 1977. At Oxford, he edited Isis magazine.