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
- Trump Just Walked Away from the Best North Korea Deal He’ll Ever Get
It is obvious, or it should be, that North Korea has a strong hand to play. - Anyone Could Have Seen Trump’s Failure in Hanoi Coming. Except Trump.
US officials are mistaken to think Kim Jong Un will disarm before sanctions end. - OP #45: The Finger on the Button
Authorizing and executing launch in nuclear-armed states. - Monitoring North Korean Monuments from Space
Visits to monuments are an indication of the regime’s emphasis on nuclear weapons in propaganda efforts. - Identifying DPRK Machine Plants
We geolocated six important sites linked to the North Korean missile program. - Jeffrey Lewis: My Thoughts on Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s Speech
Will Pyongyang succeed in widening the divide between Seoul and Washington? - Welcome to Novaya Zemlya! Surveying Russia’s Underground Nuclear Test Site
VIDEO: Seminar with CNS experts, Anne Pellegrino and Jeffrey Lewis - Trump’s Punk Rock Nuclear Policy
The only reason to pull out of the INF Treaty is to give a middle finger to the world. - Point and Nuke
Remembering the era of portable atomic bombs. - North Korea’s Nuclear Disappearing Act
Kim Jong Un has figured out that he can have his cake and eat it, too.
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
