Markus Reisner

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Markus Reisner (born March 10, 1978, in Bucklige Welt, Lower Austria) is an Austrian historian, military expert, [1] [2] and officer of the Austrian Armed Forces serving as superintendent of the institute for officer's training at Theresian Military Academy. [3]

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Professional life

Training and first assignments

Markus Reisner joined the Austrian Armed Forces in 1997 as a one-year volunteer [4] and subsequently completed a preparatory semester for the Military Academy in Allentsteig. [4]

From 1998 to 2002, he attended the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt [1] where he trained as an officer. He then served in the Reconnaissance Battalion 2 in Salzburg [5] until 2004, where he was assigned as a platoon commander, deputy company commander, and training officer of an armored reconnaissance company. [4] After that, he served with the Jagdkommando in Wiener Neustadt until 2013. [5]

Studies and doctorate

Reisner studied law and history at the University of Vienna. [1] From 2010 to 2013, he completed doctoral studies in history at the University of Vienna (dissertation on the aerial warfare over Austria from 1943 to 1945, supervisor Lothar Höbelt). [5] In 2017, he completed his Ph.D. studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna. [5] [6]

Service as a staff officer

From 2014 to 2016, he completed the 20th General Staff Course at the National Defense Academy in Vienna. [5] In June 2020, he was appointed head of the Development Department of the Theresian Military Academy, and led it with the rank of Colonel of the General Staff. [5] From September 1, 2022, to February 29, 2024, Reisner was commander of the Gardebataillon, one of the most elite and traditional units of the Austrian Armed Forces, in Vienna. [5] Since March 1, 2024, he is serving as superintendent of the institute for officer's training at Theresian Military Academy. [3]

Academic career

Markus Reisner currently is a member of the Military History Advisory Board of the Scientific Commission at the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defense (since 2017), [7] and holds a position as lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt (since 2011). Before, he advised the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2017-2018), as well as the Austrian ministry of defense (2018).

He has gained public recognition as head of the Development Department of the Theresian Military Academy, where he delivered battlefield analyses in the form of YouTube videos on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [8] These videos had mainly been watched in the German sprachraum at first, but started to gather an international audience since being made available in English. [9] [10] [11] Reisner is a speaker at the Candid Foundation, the University of Leeds, [12] and the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy. [13]

Since 2000, Reisner has regularly published books and articles for German and English journals.

In 2023, he was appointed to the board of the Clausewitz Network for Strategic Studies. [14]

Stands

When the Ukrainian army's initial successes, Reisner warned early on against underestimating the Russian armed forces. In December 2023 he stated: "From a neutral perspective, the situation is serious. The West has to understand that. Is it ready to support Ukraine? Then it has to do more. If it is not ready to do that, then it has to communicate that. This miserable purgatory currently only brings more deaths, but no result." [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Geets, Siobhán. "Militärexperte Markus Reisner: "Diese Waffen sind der Horror"" (in German). profil. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  2. ↑ Schiltz, Christoph B. (2 March 2022). ""Putin kann den Krieg gewinnen", sagt Österreichs Top-Militärstratege" ["Putin can win the war", Austria's top military strategist says]. WELT online (in German). Die Welt. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Neuer Leiter des Institutes für Offiziersausbildung". www.milak.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  4. 1 2 3 Reisner, Markus. "Einsatz bei der Combined Joint Psychological Operations Task Force (CJPOTF) in Afghanistan". Magazin TRUPPENDIENST (in German). Bundesheer. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Dr. Markus Reisner, PhD". Vita und wissenschaftliche Publikationen (in German). Bundesheer. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Verleihung der Einsatzmedaille und neue Abteilungsleiter". Auszeichnung - Begrüßung - Verabschiedung (in German). Theresianische Militärakademie. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Vienna Doctoral Academies und Vienna Doctoral Schools". Communicating the Law. Fellows. University of Vienna. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  8. ↑ Reisner, Markus. "Russisch-Ukrainischer Krieg" (in German). Theresianische Militärakademie. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  9. 1 2 Reisner, Markus. "Heavy Weapons to Ukraine: Heavy Metal & Rock 'n' Roll". YouTube. Österreichs Bundesheer. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  10. 1 2 Reisner, Markus. "Cognitive Warfare - The Fight for your Heart and Mind". YouTube. Österreichs Bundesheer. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  11. 1 2 Reisner, Markus. "War for Ukraine - First Conclusions from 2022 and New Challenges 2023". YouTube. Österreichs Bundesheer. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  12. ↑ Reisner, Markus. "War in Our Time: Webinar series". University of Leeds. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  13. ↑ Reisner, Markus. "The war in Ukraine and the emerging global power structures". AIES. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  14. ↑ "Oberst des Generalstabsdienstes Markus Reisner - Vorstand CNSS". The Defence Horizon. 2023-02-17. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  15. ↑ "Krieg in der Ukraine: "Dieses elende Fegefeuer bringt kein Ergebnis" (interview with Markus Reisner)" ["This miserable purgatory brings no result" (interview with Markus Reisner)]. tagesschau.de (in German). 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  16. ↑ Reisner, Markus (2018). Robotic Wars. Legitimatorische Grundlagen und Grenzen des Einsatzes von Military Unmanned Systems in modernen Konfliktszenarien. Berlin: Miles. ISBN   9783945861783.
  17. ↑ Reisner, Markus (2022). Die taktische Drohne. Zivile Fluggeräte als militärische Mittel. Klagenfurt: SPARTANAT. ISBN   9783950532401.
  18. ↑ Reisner, Markus (2022). Hans Hoeller – D-Day Tank Hunter. The World War II Memoirs of a Frontline Officer from North Africa to the bloody Soil of Normandy. s.l. ISBN   9798428334104.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  19. ↑ Reisner, Markus (2018-10-10). "Current drone warfare in the light of the prohibition of interventions". University of Vienna Law Review. 2 (1): 69–94. doi:10.25365/vlr-2018-2-1-69 . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  20. ↑ Reisner, Markus (2019-04-01). "Drones … the poor man´s Airforce". Truppendienst. 4/2019: 310–317. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
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