Director
East Asia Nonproliferation Program (EANP)
[email protected]
Monterey, CA
831.647.6616
Background
Before coming to CNS, he was the Director of the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative at the New America Foundation.
Prior to that, Dr. Jeffrey Lewis was Executive Director of the Managing the Atom Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Executive Director of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs, a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a desk officer in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. He is also a Research Scholar at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy (CISSM).
Education
Dr. Lewis received his Ph.D. in Policy Studies (International Security and Economic Policy) from the University of Maryland and his B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill.
CNS Work
- New Media Solutions in Nonproliferation and Arms Control: Opportunities and Challenges
Twitter, Facebook, and other new media tools can help prevent countries from building and using WMDs. Can Twitter save the world? - The US Trillion Dollar Nuclear Triad
JANUARY 7, 2014: Report shows costs will be three times the current annual expenditure and result in reduced nuclear capabilities. - New Nonproliferation & Disarmament Verification Technology
Citizens worldwide verify compliance with international arms control treaties. - CNS Experts Available for Comment on North Korea’s Rocket Launch
On December 12, North Korea successfully launched the Unha-3 SLV. - 3D Model of Syria’s Hakasa Spinning CompanyNumerous experts analyze satellite images of a complex in northwest Syria after IAEA inspectors raise concern.
- China’s Belated Embrace of MIRVs
Multiple warhead capability won’t alter China’s strategic posture, writes Jeffrey Lewis in a new Stimson book.
Bibliography
Dr. Lewis is the author of Minimum Means of Reprisal: China’s Search for Security in the Nuclear Age (MIT Press, 2007) and publishes ArmsControlWonk.com, the leading blog on disarmament, arms control and nonproliferation. He also contributes a regular column on nuclear issues to Foreignpolicy.com
