Senior Non-Resident Scholar
Senior Non-Resident Scholar ⋅ Berlin
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Dr. Hanna Notte is a senior non-resident scholar with CNS, focusing on arms control and security issues involving Russia, the Middle East, their intersection, and implications for US/European strategy and policy.
Background
Dr. Notte was a senior political officer with The Shaikh Group (TSG), a non-profit political consultancy focused on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. An expert on Russian foreign policy in the MENA region, including in the field of arms control and nonproliferation, Dr. Notte spent a year between 2015–16 in Moscow on an “Alfa Fellowship” with the Institute of Oriental Studies and the Carnegie Moscow Center. Other visiting research positions have included the IISS Middle East office in Manama and the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation’s Syria/Iraq office in Beirut. She is a German national who speaks Russian, Arabic, and French.
Areas of Research
- Iran
- Middle East
- Russia
- WMD Proliferation in the Middle East
- Middle East WMD-Free Zone
- Syria’s chemical weapons program
- OPCW
Education
Hanna holds a PhD on Russian-US cooperation in the Middle East from the University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College), from where she also received an MPhil in International Relations in 2014. She obtained a BA in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 2010.
Published Work
- “US–Russian Arms Control in the Middle East: Defining the Diplomatic Playing Field,” Valdai Discussion Club, August 24, 2020
- “The United States, Russia, and Syria’s chemical weapons: a tale of cooperation and its unraveling,” Nonproliferation Review, Vol. 27, Nos. 1–2, 2020
- “Russia in Chechnya and Syria: Pursuit of Strategic Goals”, Middle East Policy Council, Volume XXIII, No. 1 (Spring 2016)
- “Moscow’s Flexible Alliances in the Middle East”, Policy Paper, Al-Bayan Center for Planning and Studies / Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Syria/Iraq Office) (May 2018)
- “Russia’s Role in the Syrian War – Domestic Drivers and Regional Implications”, Policy Paper, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Syria/Iraq Office) / Maison du Futur (February 2017)
- “Sticking with Your Ally – Explaining Russia’s Support for the Assad Regime”, I. Galariotis and K. Ifantis (eds.), “The Role of the International Factor Toward the Settlement of the Syria Civil War”, European University Institute, Global Governance Series (February 2017)
CNS Work
- The UC Interview Series: Prof. Robert Legvold
Topics: West-Russia relations, nuclear deterrence, limited nuclear options, and prospects for arms control cooperation. - Celebrating Women in Nonproliferation
Women colleagues lead initiatives, publish innovative nonproliferation research, serve as mentors, and speak at conferences (or webinars, in the era of COVID-19). - Russia in the Middle East: Finding a Strategy
VIDEO: CNS expert Hanna Notte speaks at virtual event held in Moscow. - Don’t Kick Russia Out of the Chemical Weapons Convention Over Navalny
Sanctions advocates all too often assume a straight line between banishment and behavioral change. - Will Iran Accept Russia’s Ideas for a Middle East Regional Security Process?
Getting Iran to engage on the “plus” of a “JCPOA plus” will be hard, and recent Russian proposals will unlikely convince Tehran. - Syria and America’s Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World
Dr. Hanna Notte hosted two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Joby Warrick for a discussion on his latest book. - Chemical Weapons Arms Control at a Crossroads
WEBINAR: Insights from international experts on challenges posed by Russian and Syrian use of chemical weapons. - The Third Bomb and How to Prevent It
Prospects for a return the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) under the Biden administration against the backdrop of the Abraham Accords. - Return to the Deal? The New US Administration and the Prospects for the JCPOA
CNS senior non-resident scholar Dr. Notte speaks on the return to the JCPOA at event hosted by the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow. - Where Are Russia’s Red Lines on Iran’s Nuclear Brinkmanship?
The new US administration intends to revive diplomacy with Iran and return to the 2015 nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA).
