Dr Patricia Lewis
Research Director, International Security
Expertise
- International security/relations/treaties
- Defence policy
- Science and technology policies
- Weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical and biological) and conventional armaments
- Arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament
Projects
- Cyber security
- Nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament
- Biosecurity
- Conventional Arms Trade
- Space security
Recent Publications
- 'A Middle East free of nuclear weapons: possible, probable or pipe-dream?', International Affairs 89/2, March 2013
- Tiptoe, Stride and Leap: Steps Towards a WMD Middle East, Background Paper, EU Non-Proliferation Consortium, November 2012
- The Nuclear Deterrence Bubble, with Ward Wilson, WMD Junction, August 2012
- 'Iranian Opinion is Key to Avoiding War', The World Today, April 2012
- 'Israel and the NWFZ in the Middle East: Tiptoeing Down a Long Corridor', Cohen A, Lewis PM, in Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East, Hessische Stiftung Friedens-und Konfliktforschung (HSFK) and Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Routledge, Global Security Studies, eds Fikenscher S-E and Kubbig B, forthcoming January 2012
- 'Possible Elements of an NWFZ Treaty in the Middle East', Nuclear-weapon-free-zones, Fahmy N, Lewis PM, Disarmament Forum no. 2, UNIDIR, 2011
- 'The Long Journey Toward a WMD-Free Middle East', Lewis PM, Potter W, Arms Control Today, September 2011
- 'EU and US Cooperation for Nuclear Security and Disarmament: Enhancing the Impact', Lewis PM, EU Institute for Security Studies, 2011
- 'Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons: Examining the Validity of Nuclear Deterrence', a study commissioned by the Swiss Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berry K, Lewis PM, Pélopidas B, Sokov N, Wilson W, April 2010, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, 2010
Experience
| 2012 - |
Member, International Advisory Board, The Centre for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament |
| 2008 - 2012 |
Deputy Director and Scientist-in-Residence, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Middlebury College, USA |
| 1997 - 2008 |
Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1989 - 1997 |
Director, Verification Training, Research and Information Centre (VERTIC), UK
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Broadcast Experience
Extensive
Languages
French (not for broadcast); Spoken Bengali (not for broadcast)