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 is Bluffing about Attacking North Korea in 2018
But that still might get us all killed. - OP#34: Open-Source Monitoring of Uranium Mining and Milling for Nuclear Nonproliferation Applications
Rapidly evolving open-source tools are giving researchers a window into the first step toward a possible nuclear bomb. - With Technology, These Researchers Are Figuring Out North Korea’s Nuclear Secrets
Did North Korea just test another missile engine? Satellite images suggest it did. - The Thick Red Line: Implications of the 2013 Chemical-Weapons Crisis for Deterrence and Transatlantic Relations
Whether or not American policy after the 2013 Syrian chemical-weapons attack was wise, its execution was bungled, causing harm to US– France relations. - Trump Just Started a Nuclear Crisis With Iran
Enabled by a craven Congress, the president is undermining the Iran deal and risking an escalation that he’s incapable of halting. - An Award for the Collapse of Nuclear Disarmament
ICAN isn’t the Nobel Peace Prize winner that policy makers wanted, but it’s the one they deserve. - How the US Turned North Korea into a Nuclear Power
The US has forgotten the cold logic of nuclear diplomacy. Time to remember it. - President Trump Ready to Decertify Iran Deal
The end of the JCPOA could have serious, complicating effects on proliferation, regional security, and international trade. - Wall Street Journal Video Spotlights CNS “Decoders”
Cutting-edge intelligence tools aren’t just for governments anymore. - Donald Trump Threatened North Korea After Completely Imaginary NegotiationsFake news is threatening to produce a very real war.
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
