Jeffrey Lewis

Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Zoom link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/99938358564

Abstract:

Analysts can use open source information to study global missile programs in a much more detailed manner than in the past—not only the missiles themselves, but also the people and facilities involved in their development, testing and manufacture. This talk considers a difficult case—North Korea—and how analysts can use information released as propaganda, satellite imagery, and technical information about missile components and machine tools to understand the development of its Hwasong-17 intercontinental-range ballistic missile.

Bio:

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis is a Professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Previously, he directed research projects at the New America Foundation and Harvard University. He is a member of the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board.

Dr. Lewis is the author of three books—two scholarly works on China’s nuclear arsenal and a novel, The 2020 Commission on the Nuclear Attacks Against the United States, about a nuclear war with North Korea. His work has been profiled by various media outlets including the Washington Post, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vice and This American Life. He has a BA in Philosophy and Political Science from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois and a PhD in Policy Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park.