Editor in Chief

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Mag. (FH) Matthias Wasinger, Ph. D. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Defence Horizon Journal. He joined the Armed Forces 2001 and followed his training as Infantry Officer. From 2013 to 2016, he attended the Austrian Armed Forces Joint General Staff Course, followed by assignments in the Austrian Armed Forces and the Austrian Ministry of Defence. 2019/2020, he attended the US Army Command and General Staff Course in Fort Leavenworth/ Kansas. He served in various operational deployments under the umbrella of the UN, EU and NATO. He holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Legal Studies from the University of Vienna. Matthias is author of several publications published in books, newspapers, journals, and periodicals.