Colonel
Thomas
Schroll
Joint Air Power Competence Centre (2020-2022)
Colonel (GS) Thomas Schroll started his military career in 1989 and was trained as a ground-based air defence officer. He went through general staff training at the German Armed Forces Command and Staff College and the UK’s Joint Services Command and Staff College and has subsequently served in national and international positions at various levels of command, including in the German CHOD’s office and for the SACEUR. He earned master-level degrees in Economics and in Defence Studies. Until December 2022, he was the Assessment, Coordination and Engagement Branch Head in the JAPCC and served as the Conference Director for the annual Joint Air & Space Power Conference.
Information provided is current as of February 2023
From the Author
Enhancing NATO Air and Space Power in an Age of Global Competition
A Review of the JAPCC’s Joint Air and Space Power Conference 2022
By Col
Thomas
Schroll
‘Our world is contested and unpredictable’. ‘Pervasive instability’ and ‘strategic competition define our broader security environment’. The challenges and ‘threats we face are global and interconnected’. Overall, ‘the Euro-Atlantic area is not at Peace’. This [...]
Global Competition
The Origin of the Term and its Use in Policy Statements
By Col
Thomas
Schroll
In general, we tend to have a rather positive relationship with the idea of competition, which is broadly accepted in sports, school, professional life and society. Liberal democracies also distinctly favour the contest between individuals [...]
