Participant Biographies

Jeffrey Lewis

Jeffrey Lewis

Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Program, Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), Monterey Institute
Nuclear Commerce: The cases of Iran, Syria, and Myanmar; China`s Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Programs: Iran and Pakistan; Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament

Dr. Lewis is director of the East Asia Non-proliferation Program at CNS. Before coming to CNS, he was the director of the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative at the New America Foundation. Prior to this, Dr. 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, and visiting fellow at CSIS. He is also a research scholar at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy.