Director, Eurasia Nonproliferation Program
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Berlin, Germany
Areas of Research
- Russia’s foreign and security policy
- Russia’s approaches to arms control and non-proliferation
- Russia’s relations with the “Global South” broadly, and Middle East in particular
- Russia’s military innovation
- Arms control and non-proliferation in the Middle East
- Chemical weapons
Background
Dr. Hanna Notte is the director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) and a Senior Associate (non-resident) in the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC. Based in Berlin, she regularly writes for English-language outlets such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and War on the Rocks, among others, and for German-language outlets such as Die ZEIT. She is the co-author of Death Dust: The Rise, Demise, and Future of Radiological Weapons Programs (Stanford University Press, 2023).
Notte joint CNS in 2020 and worked for its European branch, the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, from 2021-2023. Previously, Dr. Notte worked with The Shaikh Group, an NGO focused on informal diplomacy in Middle East conflicts, supporting its engagement with Russia. She was a visiting researcher in 2015–16 with the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Her current work focuses on Russia’s foreign and security policy, Russia’s relations with the Global South (the Middle East in particular), and arms control and nonproliferation in the Middle East. Dr. Notte is a regular guest on conference panels and podcasts produced by leading U.S. and European think-tanks, and she has testified as an expert witness to the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee (Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism). Hanna Notte is a Munich Young Leader (2024). She is proficient in Russian and Arabic.
Education
Dr. Notte holds a doctorate and MPhil in International Relations from Oxford University and a BA in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University.
Articles and Activities
- How Ukraine Became a World War
- Russia is weighing the costs and benefits of retaliation
- Containing Global Russia
- Russia’s Dangerous New Friends
- Podcast interview: Russia’s Growing Support for Iran and North Korea
- Is Moscow the Big Winner from War in the Middle East?
- Putin Is Getting What He Wants
- Russia and the Global South
- Russia: A Global Outcast or Still a Desirable Partner?
- What the Israel-Gaza conflict means for Ukraine
- What Role Does Russia Have To Play In Hamas’s Invasion Of Israel? Q&A With Expert Hanna Notte
- US-Russian Relations Can Still Get Worse
- Challenges and Prospects for Further U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Control
- Interview: Hanna Notte on Russia in the Middle East After Ukraine
- Dr. Hanna Notte speaks at Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn
- Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine – The Iran Nuclear Price Tag
CNS Work
- The Impact of Russia’s Ukraine Invasion in the Middle East and North Africa
CNS expert Hanna Notte testifies on how the war might affect Moscow’s future interests, role and diplomacy in the region. - The Impact of the Ukraine War on Missile Diplomacy in the Middle East
Russian equivocation, U.S. distraction, and Gulf Arab states’ reliance on deterrence and defense will likely undermine prospects for addressing regional missile proliferation through diplomacy. - Why deterring Russian use of chemical weapons is a challenge
There are limits to what the United States and NATO can threaten. - Russia’s novel strategic weapons: staying ahead of the Americans?
Examining public data, declassified intelligence, and commercial satellite imagery, the authors identify drivers behind Russia’s pursuit of weapons systems. - End of an Era: The United States, Russia, and Nuclear Nonproliferation
US-Russian cooperation on nuclear nonproliferation: Will shared interests prevail or fall victim to rivalry and mistrust? - 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.
