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
- How Trump Could Trigger Armageddon with a Tweet
Is Trump’s use of Twitter a presidential statement or just a tweet? - The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks against the United States
A speculative novel on how the United States and North Korea might stumble into a nuclear war, by CNS expert Jeffrey Lewis. - The Future of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Implications of US Withdrawal
VIDEO: Seminar with CNS & MIIS experts took place on May 22, 2018, at CNS of MIIS in Monterey. - Kim Jong Un is the Real Artist of the Deal, Not Donald Trump
The North Korean leader is outmaneuvering President Trump. - CNS Experts Respond to the US Withdrawal from the Iran Deal
An “ill-conceived” decision “of potentially historic proportion.” - True Detectives
On California’s magnificent Central Coast, a group of North Korea experts track Pyongyang’s every nuclear move. But—if we’re listening—the story they’re telling us is also about ourselves. - Bibi’s Infomercial for the Iran Deal
Smoke and mirrors aside, the Israeli prime minister’s presentation was an endorsement of existing nuclear diplomacy with Tehran. - Optimism About Korea Will Kill Us All
The first step towards peace is lowering your expectations. - State-Sponsored Radiological Weapons Programs
VIDEO: CNS researchers explore the history of state radiological weapons programs and how to deal with them. - The Word That Could Help the World Avoid Nuclear War
“Denuclearization” is a strange term, unique to the Korean Peninsula. But it works for now.
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
