{"id":33834,"date":"2026-01-08T16:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/?page_id=33834"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:40:01","slug":"frank-ledwidge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/de\/frank-ledwidge\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Ledwidge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"33834\" class=\"elementor elementor-33834\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d827834 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d827834\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bcd2be\" data-id=\"1bcd2be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49e7b1d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49e7b1d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frank Ledwidge<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1367822 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1367822\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4251242\" data-id=\"4251242\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a25b43c elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"a25b43c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"yulia-osmolovska\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6208a61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6208a61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Frank_Ledwidge-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-33836\" alt=\"Portrait of Frank Ledwidge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Frank_Ledwidge-2.webp 300w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Frank_Ledwidge-2-14x12.webp 14w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4ec0b0\" data-id=\"d4ec0b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-782646a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"782646a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Frank Ledwidge <\/strong>ist <strong> Gastwissenschaftler <\/strong>beim<strong> Transatlantic Dialogue Center<\/strong>.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Nach acht Jahren als Criminal Barrister arbeitete Frank ein Jahrzehnt lang auf dem Balkan und in der ehemaligen <em>Sowjetunion<\/em> im Bereich des internationalen Menschenrechtsschutzes, der Strafrechtsreform und des Institutionenaufbaus auf h\u00f6chster Regierungsebene. Dabei entwickelte er besondere Expertise in den Bereichen vermisste Personen, Menschenhandel und Folterpr\u00e4vention. Zudem diente er \u00fcber mehrere Jahre als Reserveoffizier mit umfangreicher operativer Erfahrung und schied als Leiter seiner Dienstwaffengattung aus dem Dienst.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Sp\u00e4ter wirkte er 2007\u20132008 als erster \u2018<strong>Justice Advisor<\/strong>\u2019 der <strong>britischen Mission in der Provinz Helmand<\/strong> und \u00fcbte 2011\u201312 eine \u00e4hnliche Funktion an <strong>der britischen Botschaft in Libyen <\/strong> w\u00e4hrend und nach dem dortigen Krieg aus. Er war zudem im Zuge des aktuellen Krieges in der Ukraine t\u00e4tig.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Er ist <strong>Autor mehrerer B\u00fccher<\/strong>, darunter der Bestseller \u201e<em>Losing Small Wars<\/em>\u201c (Yale 2011, 2. Auflage 2017), der von <strong>the Times<\/strong> und <strong>Amazon UK<\/strong> zum \u201eBuch des Jahres\u201c gek\u00fcrt wurde.\u00a0Ebenso wie \u201eLosing Small Wars\u201c wurde sein Werk <em>\u201eAerial Warfare\u201c<\/em> (OUP 2018) auf die Leseliste des \u201eChief of the Air Staff\u201c der RAF gesetzt und stand auf der Shortlist f\u00fcr das \u201eMilitary Book of the Year\u201c des Magazins <strong>Military History Matters<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Frank tritt regelm\u00e4\u00dfig in nationalen und internationalen Rundfunk- und Printmedien auf und war als Berater an zahlreichen TV-Produktionen beteiligt, darunter die preisgekr\u00f6nte \u201e<strong>Panorama<\/strong>\u201c-Untersuchung zu britischen Kriegsverbrechen im November 2019. Er wurde vom House of Commons Defence Committee sowie von weiteren parlamentarischen Gremien zur Aussage eingeladen.<\/p><p>Er wird regelm\u00e4\u00dfig eingeladen, weltweit vor milit\u00e4rischen, akademischen und staatlichen Institutionen zu milit\u00e4rischen Operationen, insbesondere zur Luftmacht, zu sprechen.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Frank besitzt einen juristischen Abschluss der <strong>Universit\u00e4t Oxford<\/strong> sowie einen Doktortitel in Kriegsstudien vom <strong>Kings College London<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Franks Lehre und Forschung konzentrieren sich auf:<\/p><p>Milit\u00e4rische F\u00e4higkeiten, Geschichte und Strategie<\/p><p>Milit\u00e4rgeschichte, insbesondere Luftmacht<\/p><p>Vermisste Personen im Krieg<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Ledwidge Frank Ledwidge is a Visiting Fellow at the Transatlantic Dialogue Center. Following eight years as a criminal barrister Frank worked for a decade in the Balkans and throughout the former Soviet Union in international human rights protection, criminal law reform, and institution building at the highest levels of government. 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