Franz-Stefan Gady is an independent analyst and military consultant. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Studies in London and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for New American Security in Washington, DC. He advises governments and armed forces in Europe and the United States on issues related to structural reform and the future of warfare. Field research and consulting work have repeatedly taken him to Ukraine, Afghanistan and Iraq, where he has worked alongside the Ukrainian armed forces, the Afghan army, NATO troops and Kurdish militias on various missions. Gady is also a reserve officer.

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