Jeffrey Lewis (academic)
Jeffrey Lewis is an American expert in nuclear nonproliferation and geopolitics, currently a professor at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (otherwise known as the CNS) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, and director of the CNS East Asia Nonproliferation Program. He has written two books on China's nuclear weapons, and numerous journal and magazine articles, blog posts, and podcasts on nonproliferation and related topics.
Jeffrey Lewis | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, political scientist |
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| Discipline | Nuclear nonproliferation and foreign policy |
| Institutions | Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey |
Since 2004 Lewis has run the blog site Arms Control Wonk, later hosting a podcast by the same name with Aaron Stein.
Lewis has been cited as an expert on nuclear programs of China, North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, and South Africa in the media.
His research interests have also included open-source intelligence, using and promoting the use of analysis of satellite images, photography, and other information sources to understand events and issues in proliferation and related topics.