James Lewis

James Lewis writes on technology and strategy at CSIS, Before joining CSIS, he was a diplomat and a member of the Senior Executive Service with extensive politico-military, negotiating, and regulatory experience. Lewis was a political advisor to two combatant commanders. He helped create the Wassenaar Arrangement and developed groundbreaking policies on remote sensing, encryption, high-tech exports to China, and cybersecurity. Lewis was a senior advisor for four UN Groups of Governmental Experts on Information Security and his work on norms to build stability in cyberspace is foundational. He leads a long-running track dialogue with the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.