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John W. Lewis, PhD

William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics, Emeritus; CISAC Faculty Member; FSI Senior Fellow, by courtesy

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November 29th, 2012

John Lewis discusses Sino-US relations on Chinese TV

CISAC, FSI Stanford in the news

John Lewis, one of the world's leading scholars on China, recently sat down with an anchor for CCTV in Beijing to talk about Sino-U.S. relations since the days of Ping Pong diplomacy. Read more »



September 21st, 2012

Understanding the evolution of China's modern military strategy

in the news: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on September 19, 2012

CISAC Faculty Member John Lewis and Researcher Xue Litai published an article in the September/October 2012 issue of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists which examines the complex history of China's defense strategy. The two China scholars outline the forces that have shaped Beijing's conventional and nuclear military posture.




May 23rd, 2012

Inaugural recipient of John and Jackie Lewis Fund: Xiaojun Li

FSI Fellow Xiaojun Li, a Stanford predoctoral candidate in political science, travels to Beijing and Hong Kong with John and Jackie Lewis funding. Read more »



April 6th, 2012

John and Jackie Lewis Fund for Asia research now accepting applications

CISAC, FSI Stanford Announcement

John Lewis, one of the world's renowned scholars on East Asia and a co-founder of CISAC, has generously set up a fund to support future thinkers working on issues in Asia. The John and Jackie Lewis Fund to Support Research on Asia will provide up to $1,000 to assist in areas such as (but not limited to) travel for research or conference attendance. Apply at the link below.




December 8th, 2011

North Korea experts: Pyongyang is now courting Beijing, not the U.S.

CISAC, FSI Stanford Op-ed: Los Angeles Times on December 8, 2011

Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Robert Carlin and John Lewis argue that normalizing ties with the U.S. is no longer North Korea's priority. Both researchers have visited North Korea several times, including the only American visit to the uranium enrichment facility at Yongbyon in November 2010. Read more »




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Visiting North Korea: Q&A with Siegfried Hecker
My colleague, John Lewis from Stanford University, had been having an ongoing track II dialog with the North Koreans since 1986. And in 2003 the situation was indeed very grim, in that North Korea had had some altercations with the US in 2002, ...
February 23, 2011 in PhysicsToday.org (blog)

Stanford's Hecker provides window into North Korea's nuclear activity
Hecker was joined on the trip by visiting scholar Robert Carlin and emeritus professor John Lewis, both of CISAC. Though their guides at Yongbyon said the ...
December 1, 2010 in The Stanford Daily

North Korea claims thousands of centrifuges for peaceful nuclear program
... Hecker stated of his visit to the North Korean plant with two of his Stanford colleagues, John Lewis and Robert Carlin, "Our jaws just dropped."
November 30, 2010 in Examiner.com

Stanford's North Korea team of Siegfried Hecker and John Lewis keeps the world ...
Hecker recently returned from North Korea with CISAC colleagues John Lewis and Robert Carlin. It was Hecker's fourth trip since 2004, and Lewis' 20 th visit ...
November 30, 2010 in Stanford University News

Diehling with the Past and Extraterrestrials
But Stanford scholars Robert Carlin and John Lewis — who actually visited the North Korean uranium-enrichment facility "not two weeks ago" — urge policy makers ...
November 22, 2010 in The National Interest Online

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