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
- Arms control and non-proliferation in the Middle East
- Russia’s defense cooperation with China, DPRK and Iran
Background
Dr. Hanna Notte is the director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California, and a senior associate (non-resident) with the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She’s also an associate fellow with the Kennan Institute. Her expertise is in Russian foreign policy, the Middle East, and arms control and nonproliferation.
Notte previously worked with the Shaikh Group, a nongovernmental organization focused on informal diplomacy in Middle East conflicts, supporting its engagement with Russia. During her doctoral studies, she was a visiting researcher with the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Based in Berlin, her writing has appeared in outlets such as The Atlantic, the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, the New York Times, War on the Rocks, and ZEIT Online, among others. She is the coauthor of Death Dust: The Rise, Demise, and Future of Radiological Weapons Programs (Stanford University Press, 2023). Notte is a regular guest on conference panels and podcasts produced by leading U.S. and European think tanks. Her book about Russia’s global foreign policy since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, We Shall Outlast Them: Putin’s Global Campaign to Defeat the West, is forthcoming with W. W. Norton & Company in August 2026.
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.
CNS Work
- An Oral History of the Arms Control and Regional Security (ACRS) Working Group
The report contains a comprehensive account of the ACRS Working Group meetings during the 1990s. - Arms Control and Regional Security Oral History Project
CNS experts conduct oral history interviews with participants in the ACRS multilateral meetings in the early 1990s, following the Madrid Conference of 1991. - OP#56: Russian-Turkish Relations and Implications for U.S. Strategy and Operations
This study outlines an inventory of measures the U.S. government can take, comprising strategic and operational recommendations. - Arms Control in Europe After the Russo-Ukrainian War, Really?
Dr. Hanna Notte spoke at a Carnegie Nuclear Policy Conference panel in Washington DC, addressing European and Russian views on arms control opportunities. - 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.
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
