Thomas Rid Explained

Thomas Rid
Birth Place:Aach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Alma Mater:Humboldt University of Berlin

Thomas Rid (born 1975 in Aach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)[1] [2] is a political scientist best known for his work on the history and risks of information technology in conflict.[3] [4] [5] He is Professor of Strategic Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Previously he was a professor of security studies at the Department of War Studies, King's College London.[6]

Biography

Rid grew up in the rural region of the Hegau, close to Lake Constance and the Germany–Switzerland border. In 1994 he graduated (Abitur) from the Nellenburg Gymnasium in Stockach.[7] From 1997 to 2002 he studied social and political science (with Herfried Münkler) at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and for one year at the London School of Economics.[8] From 2003 to 2005 he was a Fritz Thyssen Foundation Scholar with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany's major government-funded foreign policy think tank, where he wrote his dissertation and first book. He received his Ph.D. from Humboldt University of Berlin in 2006.[9]

In 2006-2007 Rid was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri), a Paris-based think tank dedicated to international affairs.[10] In 2007-2008 he was a postdoc at the RAND Corporation, at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University, and in 2009 a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.[11] In 2009 and 2010 Rid was in Israel conducting research as a visiting scholar at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at the Shalem Center.[12] In 2010 to 2011, he was fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Konstanz in Germany.

From 2011 to 2016 he researched and taught at the Department of War Studies at King's College.[13] In 2016, he became a professor of strategic studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University.[14]

In October 2011 the Journal of Strategic Studies, a leading international relations journal, published his provocatively titled article, "Cyber War Will Not Take Place". The text argued that all politically motivated cyber attacks are merely sophisticated versions of sabotage, espionage, or subversion—but not war.[15] In a review of his 2013 book with the same title, The Economist considered Rid "one of Britain's leading authorities on, and sceptics about, cyber-warfare".[16]

In 2016, Rid authored an article entitled "How Russia Pulled Off the Biggest Election Hack in U.S. History"[17] and in 2020, authored a book entitled Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare about Soviet and Russian active measures.[18] In 2020, Rid wrote in his Washington Post column that the valuable lessons from 2016 were: We must treat the Hunter Biden leaks as if they were a foreign intelligence operation — even if they probably aren't.[19]

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cyber-Krieg mit China?. Eine Veranstaltung der Reihe "Körber Debate". Körber Stiftung. 9 April 2017. German. Thomas Rid wurde 1975 geboren..
  2. Web site: Cyber war will not take place: Professor Thomas Rid. Netwars-project.com. 9 April 2017. German. ... Rid was born in 1975 in Aach, Germany. He studied social and political science and....
  3. News: Dyer. Geoff. US weighs up options in response to Russian hacking. 24 October 2016. Financial Times. 12 October 2016.
  4. News: Joshi. Shashank. Digital Destruction. 24 October 2016. Financial Times. 10 May 2013.
  5. News: Sterling. Bruce. How the Cyber Age Gave Peace a Chance. 24 October 2016. New Scientist. 17 August 2016.
  6. Web site: King's College London - Thomas Rid. www.kcl.ac.uk. en-gb. 2017-03-24.
  7. http://www.suedkurier.de/nachrichten/politik/Zur-Person;art410924,4697637 Zur Person
  8. Exzellenzcluster „Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration“: Rid, Thomas -Vita, access date: 22 March 2017
  9. News: Rid. Thomas. German . Präventive Medienstrategie der USA. Militärische Öffentlichkeitsarbeit im Banne eines Krieges. 24 October 2016. Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 10 February 2003.
  10. News: Rid . Thomas . Erst surfen, dann kämpfen! . . Nov 2009 . 12 April 2007 . 2016-10-25.
  11. News: Beckermann. Gal. Is Cyberwar Really War?. 24 October 2016. Boston Globe. 15 September 2013.
  12. News: Schlieter. Kai. Über Gott hinwegsetzen. 24 October 2016. tageszeitung. 17 April 2016.
  13. Thomas Rid: About | Thomas Rid, accessdate: 22 March 2017
  14. Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Thomas Rid.
  15. Rid. Thomas. Cyber War Will Not Take Place. Journal of Strategic Studies. October 2011. 10.1080/01402390.2011.608939. 35. 5–32. 153828543.
  16. News: Digital Doomsters. 23 October 2016. The Economist. 29 June 2013.
  17. http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a49791/russian-dnc-emails-hacked/ How Russia Pulled Off the Biggest Election Hack in U.S. History
  18. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/01/active-measures-review-donald-trump-russia-thomas-rida Active Measures review: how Trump gave Russia its richest target yet
  19. https://archive.today/20201029182714/https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/10/24/hunter-biden-laptop-disinformation/ Insisting that the Hunter Biden laptop is fake is a trap. So is insisting that it’s real.
  20. News: Grumbach . Detlef . Wenn Mensch und Maschine verschmelzen . . 2 August 2016 . 2016-10-25.

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