{"id":42529,"date":"2026-01-08T16:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/?tdc-native-operation=tdc-33834-824f4d61b314a3c78fc2&amp;locale=it_IT"},"modified":"2026-09-29T04:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T01:38:21","slug":"frank-ledwidge-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/it\/frank-ledwidge-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Ledwidge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"42529\" class=\"elementor elementor-42529\" 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=\"Ritratto di 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><strong>Frank Ledwidge <\/strong>\u00e8<strong> Fellow ospite <\/strong>presso il<strong> Centro per il Dialogo Transatlantico<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Dopo otto anni come avvocato penalista, Frank ha lavorato per un decennio nei Balcani e in tutta l\u2019ex <em>Unione Sovietica<\/em> nella protezione internazionale dei diritti umani, nella riforma del diritto penale e nella costruzione di istituzioni ai pi\u00f9 alti livelli di governo. Ha sviluppato una particolare competenza nelle persone scomparse, nella tratta di esseri umani e nella prevenzione della tortura. Ha inoltre prestato servizio per diversi anni come ufficiale di riserva con ampia esperienza operativa, ritirandosi come capo del proprio ramo di servizio.<\/p><p>Successivamente ha ricoperto il ruolo di primo \u2018<strong>Justice Advisor<\/strong>\u2019 presso la <strong>Missione del Regno Unito nella provincia di Helmand<\/strong> nel 2007-2008 e ha lavorato in un ruolo analogo presso l\u2019<strong>Ambasciata del Regno Unito in Libia<\/strong> durante e dopo la guerra nel Paese (2011-12). Ha inoltre lavorato in Ucraina durante l\u2019attuale guerra.<\/p><p>\u00c8 <strong>autore di diversi libri<\/strong>, tra cui il bestseller &#8216;<em>Losing Small Wars<\/em>&#8216; (Yale, 2011; 2\u00aa edizione 2017), selezionato come &#8216;Libro dell\u2019anno&#8217; da <strong>the Times<\/strong> e <strong>Amazon UK<\/strong>. Come &#8216;Losing Small Wars&#8217;, il suo &#8216;<em>Aerial Warfare<\/em>&#8216; (OUP 2018) \u00e8 stato inserito nella &#8216;Chief of the Air Staff&#8217;s Reading list&#8217; della RAF ed \u00e8 stato finalista per il &#8216;Military book of the Year&#8217; della rivista <strong>Military History Matters<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p><p>Frank appare regolarmente nei media radiotelevisivi e nella stampa nazionali e internazionali e ha svolto il ruolo di consulente per numerose produzioni televisive, tra cui l\u2019indagine pluripremiata di &#8216;<strong>Panorama<\/strong>&#8216; sui crimini di guerra britannici del novembre 2019. \u00c8 stato invitato a rendere testimonianza dalla Commissione Difesa della Camera dei Comuni e da altri organi parlamentari.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00c8 regolarmente invitato a parlare ad autorit\u00e0 militari, accademiche e governative di tutto il mondo delle operazioni militari, in particolare della potenza aerea.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p>Frank ha conseguito una laurea in giurisprudenza presso l\u2019<strong>Universit\u00e0 di Oxford<\/strong> e un dottorato in Studi sulla guerra presso il <strong>King\u2019s College London<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>L\u2019insegnamento e la ricerca di Frank si concentrano su:<\/p><p>Capacit\u00e0, storia e strategia militari<\/p><p>Storia militare, in particolare la potenza aerea<\/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 \u00e8 Visiting Fellow presso il Transatlantic Dialogue Center. Dopo otto anni come avvocato penalista, Frank ha lavorato per un decennio nei Balcani e in tutta l\u2019ex Unione Sovietica nella protezione internazionale dei diritti umani, nella riforma del diritto penale e nella costruzione di istituzioni ai pi\u00f9 alti livelli di governo. 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