Jeffrey Lewis

Lewis is director of the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative at the New America Foundation. His expertise is in nuclear policy and China's nuclear arsenal. He is the publisher of Arms Control Wonk, the leading blog on arms control and nonproliferation issues and is author of The Minimum Means of Reprisal.

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Articles by Jeffrey Lewis

Opinion
22 April 2009
Nuclear Weapons

The RRW's vacuum tube myth

Jeffrey LewisKingston Reif

Since last fall, Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, has been stumping for the so-called Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) Program, which would develop new nuclear warheads to swap into the U.S. arsenal. In a sit-down with Wall Street Journal editors last November, Chilton held aloft a prop to make his case: "I remember what these things were for. I bet you don't. It's a vacuum tube.

1 July 2008
Review

Minimum Deterrence

Jeffrey Lewis
1 May 2005
Feature

The Ambiguous Arsenal

Jeffrey Lewis
Recent reports warn that China is aggressively building up its nuclear forces. Don't believe the hype.