{"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\/it\/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 translation-block\">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>\u00e8 <strong>ricercatore ospite <\/strong>presso il<strong> Centro per il Dialogo Transatlantico<\/strong>.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Dopo otto anni come avvocato penalista, Frank ha lavorato per un decennio nei Balcani e nell\u2019ex <em>Unione Sovietica<\/em> nell\u2019ambito della protezione internazionale dei diritti umani, della riforma del diritto penale e del rafforzamento istituzionale ai massimi livelli di governo. Ha maturato una particolare esperienza in materia di persone scomparse, tratta di esseri umani e prevenzione della tortura. Ha inoltre prestato servizio per diversi anni come ufficiale della riserva, maturando un\u2019ampia esperienza operativa, e si \u00e8 congedato dopo aver diretto il proprio settore di appartenenza.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">In seguito \u00e8 stato il primo \u2018<strong>consigliere per la giustizia<\/strong>\u2019 presso la <strong>Missione del Regno Unito nella provincia di Helmand<\/strong> nel 2007-2008 e ha ricoperto un ruolo analogo presso l\u2019<strong>Ambasciata del Regno Unito in Libia<\/strong> durante e dopo la guerra nel Paese (2011-12). Ha lavorato anche in Ucraina durante la guerra in corso.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">\u00c8 <strong>autore di diversi libri<\/strong>, tra cui il bestseller \u2018<em>Losing Small Wars<\/em>\u2019 (Yale 2011, 2\u00aa edizione 2017), selezionato come \u2018Libro dell\u2019anno\u2019 da <strong>the Times<\/strong> e <strong>Amazon UK<\/strong>. Come \u2018Losing Small Wars\u2019, anche il suo \u2018<em>Aerial Warfare<\/em>\u2019 (OUP 2018) \u00e8 stato inserito nella \u2018lista di lettura del Capo di Stato Maggiore dell\u2019Aeronautica\u2019 della RAF ed \u00e8 entrato nella rosa dei finalisti per il \u2018Libro militare dell\u2019anno\u2019 della rivista \u2018<strong>Military History Matters<\/strong>\u2019.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Frank interviene regolarmente nei media radiotelevisivi e nella stampa nazionali e internazionali e ha svolto il ruolo di consulente per numerose produzioni TV, tra cui la premiata inchiesta \u2018<strong>Panorama<\/strong>\u2019 sui crimini di guerra britannici, risalente al novembre 2019. \u00c8 stato invitato a testimoniare dinanzi alla Commissione Difesa della Camera dei Comuni e ad altri organi parlamentari.<\/p><p>\u00c8 regolarmente invitato a intervenire davanti ad autorit\u00e0 militari, accademiche e governative di tutto il mondo sul tema delle operazioni militari, in particolare del potere aereo.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Frank ha conseguito una laurea in giurisprudenza presso <strong>Oxford University<\/strong> e un dottorato in Studi sulla guerra presso <strong>Kings College London<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p>L\u2019insegnamento e la ricerca di Frank si concentrano su:<\/p><p>Capacit\u00e0, storia e strategia militari<\/p><p>Storia militare, con particolare attenzione al potere aereo<\/p><p>Persone scomparse in guerra<\/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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