ECFR Alumni · Visiting Fellow, German Chancellery Fellowship
Geopolitics of 5G; transatlantic relations; US national security policy
English, Italian (conversational), German (fair)
Beryl Thomas was a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations through the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung’s German Chancellor Fellowship programme. Her research focuses on the geopolitics of 5G and emerging technologies and their impact on transatlantic relations. She previously worked as an analyst for SAIC and project assistant with the Asia Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council of the United States.
Thomas holds an MA in security policy studies from the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. Thomas also completed a BA in international relations and Italian studies at the University of California, Davis.
Japan supports an open, free, and secure internet, as well as the application of international norms to state activities in cyberspace. The country should be the primary focus of EU efforts to develop a shared cyber-security agenda in the Indo-Pacific
Germany is right to view 6G through the lens of growing geopolitical competition. But, instead of investing in its own 6G programme, the country could better serve its interests by supporting EU efforts to develop standards in this area
On the path to Germany’s 5G network rollout, Berlin has made a misguided investment in Open RAN, an unproven telecoms industry concept that promises much but has so far produced little
The German government’s 5G security plan tacitly allows Huawei to embed itself in domestic telecom networks – with great implications for Europe’s defence and security
The open structure of Open Ran increases the number of vulnerabilities that cyber attackers can exploit
Beryl Thomas points out the problem with the new network technology Open Ran
Everyone is excited about OpenRAN [but] OpenRAN is not immune to China’s influence
Beryl Thomas comments on the US push against Huawei