James Andrew Lewis
Senior Vice President and Director, Technology Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
James Andrew Lewis is an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity and technology. He was one of the first to approach cybersecurity as a policy and strategic problem. His writings include the best-selling “Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency,” the first-ever national cybersecurity strategy, cited by President Obama in the first speech by an American President on cybersecurity and a template for cyber strategy in other countries. Lewis was the Rapporteur for the UN's successful 2010, 2013, and 2015 Group of Government Experts on Information Security, whose reports set out the global agenda for cybersecurity by emphasizing norms for responsible state behavior, confidence building, and capacity-building measures.
Lewis is a Senior Vice President and Program Director at CSIS. He has authored numerous publications on the relationship between technology, innovation, and national power. His current research examines international security and governance in cyberspace, the geopolitics of innovation, the future of warfare, and the effect of the internet on politics. Lewis led a long-running Track II Dialogue on cybersecurity with the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.
Before joining CSIS, he worked at the Departments of State and Commerce as a Foreign Service Officer and as a member of the Senior Executive Service. He led the U.S. delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement Experts Group on advanced civilian and military technologies. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is frequently quoted in the media, and has testified numerous times before Congress.
Lewis is a Senior Vice President and Program Director at CSIS. He has authored numerous publications on the relationship between technology, innovation, and national power. His current research examines international security and governance in cyberspace, the geopolitics of innovation, the future of warfare, and the effect of the internet on politics. Lewis led a long-running Track II Dialogue on cybersecurity with the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.
Before joining CSIS, he worked at the Departments of State and Commerce as a Foreign Service Officer and as a member of the Senior Executive Service. He led the U.S. delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement Experts Group on advanced civilian and military technologies. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is frequently quoted in the media, and has testified numerous times before Congress.