Walter M. Braunohler
Professor National Security Affairs

Biography
Walter Braunohler is the State Department's senior faculty advisor at the U.S. Naval War College. A U.S. foreign service officer for over 20 years, Mr. Braunohler was most recently the counselor for public diplomacy at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine from 2020-2022. Prior to that, Mr. Braunohler was the U.S. consul general in Krakow, Poland from 2015-2018 and the spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to Thailand, Bangkok. He has also served in Sudan, Australia, Iraq and Washington, D.C. A graduate of the University of Michigan and the U.S. Naval War College, Mr. Braunohler speaks Thai, Polish and Ukrainian, and is originally from western Michigan.
Contact Information
Areas of Expertise
- Diplomacy
- Europe
- Foreign Policy
- Information Operations
- International Relations
- Leadership
- National Security
- Southeast Asia
Professional Highlights
Counselor for Public Diplomacy
Consul General
Spokesperson
Senior Advisor for Public Diplomacy
Spokesperson
Vice Consul
Education
M.A., U.S. Naval War College, 2019, Strategic Studies
M.P.P., University of Michigan, 2002, Public Policy
B.A., University of Michigan, 2001, Political Science
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