Philipp Rombach, M.A., M.Sc.
International Security Associate
Areas of Expertise
FocusMilitary Technologies | Weapons of Mass Destruction / Proliferation | NATO
ProjectsShort Curriculum Vitae
Since 2026 Associate in the research group International Security in the project Strategic Threat Analysis and Nuclear (Dis-)Order (STAND)
2024-2025 Research Associate for nuclear deterrence and space security at the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
2025 Nuclear Scholar with the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
2022-2024 M.A. in international security studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
2016-2020 M.Sc. in electrical engineering and computer science at Technical University of Munich
SWP Publications
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China’s Secret Nuclear Tests
How Great Power Competition Threatens to Erode International Testing Norms
SWP Comment 2026/C 31, 04.08.2026, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026C31
External publications
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Imagining Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Command, Control, and Communication - Between Fiction, Historical Analogy, and Technical Reality
in: On the Horizon - A Collection of Papers from the Next Generation, A Report of the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues, December 2025 -
No, Germany is not getting the Bomb. Why should it?
in: Bulletin of the Atomic Scienticts, 26.11.2025 -
Zeitenwende reloaded: Cash is good, but can Germany reform its procurement processes?
Philipp Rombach lays out steps the new German government should take in order to better support the Bundeswehr.
in: Breaking Defense Europe, 10.04.2025