Tom specialises in international security, in particular nuclear arms control, proliferation, and disarmament.
He has published eleven monographs and edited books, dozens of academic articles in journals, and more than 250 opinion articles.
Security Order and Strategic Alignment in Europe and the Asia-Pacific
co-edited with Yoichiro Sato and Elena Atanassova-Cornelis
Routledge, 2025
Tom studied politics and international politics at FUNDP-Namur, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the University of Hull, and the Bologna Center of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.
He obtained a PhD in Social Sciences (Politics) from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Tom received a NATO Individual Scholarship (1994–1995), a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship (1997–1998), and a Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Research Foundation – Flanders (2002–2008).
He is a former BCSIA Fellow at Harvard University's John F.Kennedy School of Government (1997–1999), and an active member of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.
