Dr Thomas Reinhold

Dr Thomas Reinhold

Researcher
Research Department:
International Security

Contact

E-Mail: reinhold@prif.org
URL: Mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@cyberpeace1
URL: Persönliche Website

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CV

since 2023Researcher in the Cluster for Natural and Technical Science Arms Control Research (CNTR)  at PRIF
since 2019Part-time researcher at the Chair of Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC) at TU Darmstadt
since 2018PhD candidate at the Chair of Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC) at TU Darmstadt under Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Reuter
2010–2018Non-resident fellow at IFSH in the IFAR² project group, research focus on consequences of the militarisation of cyberspace and peacekeeping measures in this domain

Expertise

Dr Thomas Reinhold is working on the following issues:

  • Arms Control, Disarmament (Focus Cyberwar & AI)
  • Arms Exports (Focus Cyberwar & AI)
  • Cyberwar
  • Robotics
  • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Publications

Die rüstungskontrollpolitischen Initiativen Deutschlands – eine Erfolgsgeschichte? | 2023

Lurz, Alexander / Baldus, Jana / Daase, Christopher / Ferl, Anna-Katharina / Jakob, Una / Lambach, Daniel / Lehmann, Tobias / Perras, Clara / Hoffberger-Pippan, Elisabeth / Reinhold, Thomas / Schmidt, Hans-Joachim / Schörnig, Niklas / Tkocz, Maximilian / Wisotzki, Simone (2023): Die rüstungskontrollpolitischen Initiativen Deutschlands – eine Erfolgsgeschichte?, Greenpeace-Studie, 1.12.2023.

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Maßnahmen für den Cyberpeace | 2023

Reinhold, Thomas (2023): Maßnahmen für den Cyberpeace, Cyber-Peace, 23.8.2023.

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Challenges for Cyber Arms Control: A Qualitative Expert Interview Study | 2023

Reinhold, Thomas / Pleil, Helene / Reuter, Christian (2023): Challenges for Cyber Arms Control: A Qualitative Expert Interview Study, in: Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, 16, 289–310, DOI: 10.1007/s12399-023-00960-w.

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ExTRUST: Reducing Exploit Stockpiles With a Privacy-Preserving Depletion System for Inter-State Relationships | 2023

Reinhold, Thomas / Kuehn, Philipp / Günther, Daniel / Schneider, Thomas / Reuter, Christian (2023): ExTRUST: Reducing Exploit Stockpiles With a Privacy-Preserving Depletion System for Inter-State Relationships, in: IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, 4:2, 158–170, DOI: 10.1109/TTS.2023.3280356.

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Preventing the Escalation of Cyber Conflicts: Towards an Approach To Plausibly Assure the Non-Involvement in a Cyberattack | 2023

Reinhold, Thomas / Reuter, Christian (2023): Preventing the Escalation of Cyber Conflicts: Towards an Approach To Plausibly Assure the Non-Involvement in a Cyberattack, in: Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, DOI: 10.1007/s42597-023-00099-7.

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Rüstungskontrolle für den Cyberspace – Herausforderungen und erste Ansätze | 2023

Reinhold, Thomas (2023): Rüstungskontrolle für den Cyberspace – Herausforderungen und erste Ansätze, FIfF-Kommunikation, 11.4.2023.

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Zur Rolle und Verantwortung der Informatik für die Friedensforschung und Rüstungskontrolle | 2023

Reinhold, Thomas (2023): Zur Rolle und Verantwortung der Informatik für die Friedensforschung und Rüstungskontrolle, in: FIfF Kommunikation, 47–49, https://www.fiff.de/publikationen/(...).

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Zur Debatte über die Einhegung eines Cyberwars: Analyse militärischer Cyberaktivitäten im Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine | 2023

Reinhold, Thomas / Reuter, Christian (2023): Zur Debatte über die Einhegung eines Cyberwars: Analyse militärischer Cyberaktivitäten im Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine, in: Zeitschrift für Friednes- und Konfliktforschung, DOI: 10.1007/s42597-023-00094-y.

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Introduction | 2022

Schörnig, Niklas / Reinhold, Thomas (2022): Introduction, in: Schörnig, Niklas/Reinhold, Thomas (eds), Armament, Arms Control and Artificial Intelligence. The Janus-faced Nature of Machine Learning in the Military Realm, Cham: Springer, 1–9, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-11043-6_1.

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Für eine umfassende, globale und aktive Abrüstungs- und Rüstungskontrollpolitik | 2022

Meier, Oliver / Brzoska, Michael / Ferl, Anna-Katharina / Hach, Sascha / Bayer, Markus / Mutschler, Max M. / Prem, Berenike / Reinhold, Thomas / Schmid, Stefka / Schwarz, Matthias (2022): Für eine umfassende, globale und aktive Abrüstungs- und Rüstungskontrollpolitik, 49security, 10.11.2022.

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Armament, Arms Control and Artificial Intelligence | 2022

Reinhold, Thomas / Schörnig, Niklas (eds), (2022): Armament, Arms Control and Artificial Intelligence. The Janus-faced Nature of Machine Learning in the Military Realm, Cham: Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-11043-6.

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Cyber Weapons and Artificial Intelligence: Impact, Influence and the Challenges for Arms Control | 2022

Reinhold, Thomas / Reuter, Christian (2022): Cyber Weapons and Artificial Intelligence: Impact, Influence and the Challenges for Arms Control, in: Reinhold, Thomas/Schörning, Niklas (eds), Armament, Arms Control and Artificial Intelligence: The Janus-faced Nature of Machine Learning in the Military Realm, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 145–158, https://link.springer.com/(...).

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Arms Control for Artificial Intelligence | 2022

Reinhold, Thomas (2022): Arms Control for Artificial Intelligence, in: Reinhold, Thomas/Schörning, Niklas (eds), Armament, Arms Control and Artificial Intelligence: The Janus-faced Nature of Machine Learning in the Military Realm, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 211–226, https://link.springer.com/(...).

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Zur Schnittmenge von Informatik mit Friedens- und Sicherheitsforschung: Erfahrungen aus der interdisziplinären Lehre in der Friedensinformatik | 2022

Reuter, Christian / Riebe, Thea / Haunschild, Jasmin / Reinhold, Thomas / Schmid, Stefka (2022): Zur Schnittmenge von Informatik mit Friedens- und Sicherheitsforschung: Erfahrungen aus der interdisziplinären Lehre in der Friedensinformatik, in: Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, 11:2, 129–140, DOI: 10.1007/s42597-022-00078-4.

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The digital divide in state vulnerability to submarine communications cable failure | 2022

Franken, Jonas / Reinhold, Thomas / Reichert, Lilian / Reuter, Christian (2022): The digital divide in state vulnerability to submarine communications cable failure, in: International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, 38, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcip.2022.100522.

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Export Control of Surveillance Software from Germany and Europe - Regulations , Limits and Weaknesses | 2021

Reinhold, Thomas (2021): Export Control of Surveillance Software from Germany and Europe - Regulations , Limits and Weaknesses, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 30.12.2021.

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Towards a Cyber Weapons Assessment Model – Assessment of the Technical Features of Malicious Software | 2021

Reinhold, Thomas / Reuter, Christian (2021): Towards a Cyber Weapons Assessment Model – Assessment of the Technical Features of Malicious Software, in: IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, 3:3, 226–239, DOI: 10.1109/TTS.2021.3131817.

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Export Controls on Cyber-Surveillance Items | 2021

Reinhold, Thomas (2021): Export Controls on Cyber-Surveillance Items, Newsletter of the EU Non-Proiliferation and Disarmament Consortium, 1.6.2021.

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Der Weg zu einem sicheren zivilen Cyberspace | 2021

Reinhold, Thomas (2021): Der Weg zu einem sicheren zivilen Cyberspace, Hoch3 - Die Zeitung der Technischen Universität Darmstadt, 17.5.2021, https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/media/(...).

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Überlegungen zur Militarisierung Künstlicher Intelligenz - Von Fallstricken, Grenzen und Problemen der Rüstungskontrolle | 2021

Reinhold, Thomas (2021): Überlegungen zur Militarisierung Künstlicher Intelligenz - Von Fallstricken, Grenzen und Problemen der Rüstungskontrolle, in: Wissenschaft und Frieden - Dossier, 4:93, https://wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/(...).

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Russian Hacker Wanted! | 2020

Reinhold, Thomas (2020): Russian Hacker Wanted!, Directionsblog, 9.6.2020.

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Cyberspace as military domain: Monitoring cyberweapons | 2020

Reinhold, Thomas (2020): Cyberspace as military domain: Monitoring cyberweapons, in: Feldner, Denise (ed.), Redesigning organizations: Concepts for the connected society, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 267–278, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-27957-8.

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Myth #11: Arms control in cyberspace is not possible | 2019

Reinhold, Thomas (2019): Myth #11: Arms control in cyberspace is not possible, in: Kettemann, Matthias C./Dreyer, Stephan (eds), BUSTED! THE TRUTH ABOUT THE 50 MOST COMMON INTERNET MYTHS, Berlin: Internet Governance Forum Berlin, 60–63, https://leibniz-hbi.de/uploads/(...).

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Neue Cyberagentur: Spagat zwischen innerer und äußerer Sicherheit | 2019

Reinhold, Thomas (2019): Neue Cyberagentur: Spagat zwischen innerer und äußerer Sicherheit, IFSH Policy Brief, 1.4.2019.

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Verification in Cyberspace | 2019

Reinhold, Thomas / Reuter, Christian (2019): Verification in Cyberspace, in: Reuter, Christian (ed.), Information Technology for Peace and Security: IT Applications and Infrastructures in Conflicts, Crises, War, and Peace, Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg, 257–275, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-25652-4_12.

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From Cyber War to Cyber Peace | 2019

Reinhold, Thomas / Reuter, Christian (2019): From Cyber War to Cyber Peace, in: Reuter, Christian (ed.), Information Technology for Peace and Security: IT Applications and Infrastructures in Conflicts, Crises, War, and Peace, Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg, 139–164, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-25652-4_7.

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Cyberwar zwischen Fiktion und Realität – technologische Möglichkeiten | 2019

Reuter, Christian / Riebe, Thea / Aldehoff, Larissa / Kaufhold, Marc-Andre / Reinhold, Thomas (2019): Cyberwar zwischen Fiktion und Realität – technologische Möglichkeiten, in: Werkner, Ines-Jacqueline/Schörning, Niklas (Hg.), Cyberwar – die Digitalisierung der Kriegsführung: Fragen zur Gewalt, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 15–38, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-27713-0_2.

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Cyberspace as Military Domain: Monitoring Cyberweapons | 2019

Reinhold, Thomas (2019): Cyberspace as Military Domain: Monitoring Cyberweapons, in: Feldner, Denise (ed.), Redesigning Organizations: Concepts for the Connected Society, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 267–278, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-27957-8_20.

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Counting Cyber Weapons – New Approaches to Regulate and Control Destructive Cyber Tools | 2019

Reinhold, Thomas (2019): Counting Cyber Weapons – New Approaches to Regulate and Control Destructive Cyber Tools, in: Reuter, Christian/Altmann, Jürgen/Göttsche, Malte/Himmel, Mirko (eds), SCIENCE PEACE SECURITY ’19 - Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Conference on Technical Peace and Security Challenges, Darmstadt: TUprints, 41–45, https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/(...).

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Arms Control and its Applicability to Cyberspace | 2019

Reinhold, Thomas / Reuter, Christian (2019): Arms Control and its Applicability to Cyberspace, in: Reuter, Christian (ed.), Information Technology for Peace and Security: IT Applications and Infrastructures in Conflicts, Crises, War, and Peace, Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg, 207–231, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-25652-4_10.

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Wannacry About the Tragedy of the Commons? Game-Theory and the Failure of Global Vulnerability Disclosure | 2018

Schulze, Matthias / Reinhold, Thomas (2018): Wannacry About the Tragedy of the Commons? Game-Theory and the Failure of Global Vulnerability Disclosure, in: ECCWS (ed.), European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, Oslo: ECCWS, 454–463, https://www.proquest.com/openview/(...).

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Rethinking the Attribution Problem – A Plausible Proof of Non-Involvement as an Alternative to Credible Attribution | 2018

Reinhold, Thomas (2018): Rethinking the Attribution Problem – A Plausible Proof of Non-Involvement as an Alternative to Credible Attribution, in: Briefing and memos from the research advisory group of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, 2, 134–149, https://hcss.nl/wp-content/uploads/(...).

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Other professional activities

  • Member of the "Transatlantic Cyber Forum" of the Foundation for New Responsibility
  • Member of the Research Network on Science, Disarmament and International Security (FONAS e.V.) and the Working Group "Arms Dynamics and Disarmament" of the Association for Peace and Conflict Research (AFK)
  • Member of the Arms Control Association
  • 2017–2021 Member of the Research Advisory Group of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC)
  • 2015–2017 Leader and Campaigner of the "Cyberpeace" campaign of the Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung“(FIfF e.V.)