{"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\/fr\/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>est un<strong> chercheur invit\u00e9 <\/strong>au<strong> Transatlantic Dialogue Center<\/strong>.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Apr\u00e8s avoir exerc\u00e9 pendant huit ans comme avocat p\u00e9naliste, Frank a travaill\u00e9 pendant dix ans dans les Balkans et dans l\u2019ensemble de l\u2019ancienne <em>Union sovi\u00e9tique<\/em> dans les domaines de la protection internationale des droits humains, de la r\u00e9forme du droit p\u00e9nal et du renforcement des institutions aux plus hauts niveaux de gouvernement. Il a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 une expertise particuli\u00e8re dans les questions de personnes disparues, de traite des \u00eatres humains et de pr\u00e9vention de la torture. Il a \u00e9galement servi pendant plusieurs ann\u00e9es comme officier de r\u00e9serve, acqu\u00e9rant une vaste exp\u00e9rience op\u00e9rationnelle, avant de prendre sa retraite \u00e0 la t\u00eate de son arme.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Par la suite, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 le premier \u00ab <strong>conseiller en justice<\/strong> \u00bb aupr\u00e8s de la <strong>mission britannique dans la province du Helmand<\/strong> en 2007-2008 et a exerc\u00e9 des fonctions similaires \u00e0 l\u2019<strong>ambassade britannique en Libye<\/strong> pendant et apr\u00e8s la guerre qui s\u2019y est d\u00e9roul\u00e9e (2011-12). Il a \u00e9galement travaill\u00e9 en Ukraine pendant la guerre actuelle.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Il est l\u2019<strong>auteur de plusieurs ouvrages<\/strong>, dont le best-seller \u00ab <em>Losing Small Wars<\/em> \u00bb (Yale 2011, 2e \u00e9dition 2017), qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9sign\u00e9 \u00ab Livre de l\u2019ann\u00e9e \u00bb par <strong>the Times<\/strong> et <strong>Amazon UK<\/strong>. \u00c0 l\u2019instar de \u00ab Losing Small Wars \u00bb, son ouvrage \u00ab <em>Aerial Warfare<\/em> \u00bb (OUP 2018) a \u00e9t\u00e9 inscrit sur la \u00ab liste de lecture du chef d\u2019\u00e9tat-major de l\u2019arm\u00e9e de l\u2019air \u00bb de la RAF et a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 pour le titre de \u00ab Livre militaire de l\u2019ann\u00e9e \u00bb par <strong>Military History Matters<\/strong>, un magazine.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Frank intervient r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement dans les m\u00e9dias audiovisuels et la presse, au niveau national et international, et a agi comme conseiller pour de nombreuses productions t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9es, dont l\u2019enqu\u00eate prim\u00e9e \u00ab <strong>Panorama<\/strong> \u00bb sur les crimes de guerre britanniques en novembre 2019. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 invit\u00e9 \u00e0 t\u00e9moigner par la commission de la d\u00e9fense de la Chambre des communes et d\u2019autres instances parlementaires.<\/p><p>Il est r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement invit\u00e9 \u00e0 s\u2019adresser aux autorit\u00e9s militaires, universitaires et gouvernementales du monde entier sur les op\u00e9rations militaires, en particulier la puissance a\u00e9rienne.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Frank est titulaire d\u2019un dipl\u00f4me de droit de l\u2019<strong>Oxford University<\/strong> et d\u2019un doctorat en \u00e9tudes de la guerre du <strong>Kings College London<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p>Les activit\u00e9s d\u2019enseignement et de recherche de Frank portent sur :<\/p><p>Les capacit\u00e9s, l\u2019histoire et la strat\u00e9gie militaires<\/p><p>L\u2019histoire militaire, en particulier la puissance a\u00e9rienne<\/p><p>Les personnes disparues en temps de guerre<\/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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