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Professor of Strategic Studies
Rid brings to Johns Hopkins more than a decade of experience in international security and intelligence studies, previously serving as a Professor of Security Studies in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, where he developed a Cyber Security module that bridged the gap between technological and political debates.
Rid has recently shared his expertise on information security through testimony before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, as well as insights on intelligence with the German Bundestag and the UK Parliament.
Rid closely tracked the election interference in 2016, and was one of the first named sources to call out the hack-and-leak as a Russian intelligence operation, only one day after details became public.
He has held positions at the RAND Corporation in Washington, the Institut Français des Relations Internationales in Paris, and served as a visiting scholar at Hebrew University and Shalem Center in Jerusalem. From 2007 to 2008, Rid served as a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins SAIS. He holds a PhD and MA in Social Science from Humboldt University in Berlin.
Books:
Rid, T. (2016). Rise of the machines: A cybernetic history. New York: W. W. Norton et Company.
Rid, T. (2013). Cyber war will not take place. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Thomas Rid interviewed on Sky News’ Into the Grey Zone podcast, 01/18
Thomas Rid interviewed on Irregular Warfare podcast, 01/16
Thomas Rid quoted in Associated Press, 01/07
Thomas Rid interviewed on NPR, 12/20
Thomas Rid quoted in The Washington Post, 12/19
Thomas Rid quoted in Daily Mail, 12/17
Thomas Rid quoted in The Guardian, 12/16
Thomas Rid quoted on Radio Free Europe, 12/16
Thomas Rid quoted in Associated Press, 12/15
Thomas Rid quoted in The Washington Post, 12/14
Thomas Rid quoted in The Washington Post, 12/14