Dr. Marcus Köhler

• Selects, analyses & presents issues to enable timely decision-making of senior leadership of NATO • Main focus: Post-Soviet Space, incl. energy relations & cyber intelligence • Produces INTSUMs, risk & threat analyses • Identifies gaps & issues recommendations to executive level • Expert for NATO Comprehensive Operations Planning Directive (COPD), and NATO Defence Planning Process (NDPP), incl. modelling & war-gaming • Conducts engagements with NATO nations & partners • Leads organizational development

• Analysis and preparation of decisions for high-level decision makers of ISAF and NATO (details can be provided upon request) • Briefings and reports on regional security and defence issues • Intelligence exchange with ISAF-nations, EU, and international organizations • Mission experience in a fast-paced international environment

• Analysis and preparation of decisions for high-level decision makers of the EU and NATO (details can be provided upon request) • Briefings and reports to the multinational Command Group of EUROCORPS (3*) • Contribution to intelligence reporting in support of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP); cooperation with the EU Military Staff (EUMS)

• Analysis and preparation of decisions for high-level decision makers of ISAF and NATO covering Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics (details can be provided upon request) • Assessments on the status of security, government and development in Afghanistan

Lecturer for international law, military law, and law of armed conflict

Intern in the office of Rainer Arnold, Spokesmen for Defence Affairs of the SPD Faction and Representative in the Defence Committee of the German Parliament

Platoon Leader and Acting Company Commander responsible for up to 120 personnel

• Responsible for approx. 100 personnel in a Non Article V. NATO mission • In charge of operational planning, liaison to higher headquarters and cooperation with NATO, EU and local authorities

• Officer Training with the German Armed Forces; various assignments • Training in leadership, organization and management

Transatlantic understanding and cooperation - Security policy

Domestic and international terrorism - Non-conventional threats - Proliferation - Critical infrastructure protection - Cyber threats - Right-wing terrorism

Comparative imperial studies - Russian imperial policy