Hanna Notte
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 is also an associate fellow with the Kennan Institute. Her expertise is in Russian foreign policy, the Middle East, and arms control and nonproliferation. Notte holds a doctorate and an MPhil in international relations from Oxford University and a BA in social and political sciences from Cambridge University. 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. 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. 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.
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Russia Isn’t Done With Syria
Hanna Notte published in Foreign Affairs — October 3, 2025
Putin Should Be Careful What He Wishes For
Hanna Notte cited in The New York Times — August 15, 2025
Russia condemns U.S. strikes on Iran but takes no concrete actions
Hanna Notte cited in The Washington Post — June 23, 2025
Putin Just Suffered a Huge Defeat
Hanna Notte in The New York Times — December 10, 2024
Rebel advances in Syria spell danger for Russia’s Middle Eastern ambitions
Hanna Notte in Financial Times — December 4, 2024
Prisoner swaps do not presage any sort of rapprochement with Russia
Hanna Notte in Financial Times — August 7, 2024
What Russia Wants in the Middle East
Hanna Notte in Foreign Affairs — July 15, 2024
Developing World Sees Double Standard in West’s Actions in Gaza and Ukraine
Hanna Notte in The New York Times — October 23, 2023
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A Long-Term Russia Strategy for Europe
Report by Max Bergmann, Maria Snegovaya, Michael Kimmage, Hanna Notte, and Jeffrey Mankoff — July 24, 2025
Hanna Notte on What the Israel-Iran War Means for Russia
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann, Maria Snegovaya, and Hanna Notte — June 27, 2025
Russia and the Middle East in 2025
Podcast Episode by Maria Snegovaya, Natasha Hall, and Hanna Notte — January 23, 2025
Understanding the Growing Collaboration Between Russia and Iran
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann, Jon B. Alterman, and Hanna Notte — June 14, 2024
Understanding the Growing Collaboration Between Russia and Iran
Event — June 12, 2024
Russia and the Global South with Hanna Notte
Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann, Hanna Notte, and Michael Kimmage — November 2, 2023
Russia and the Global South with Hanna Notte
Event — October 24, 2023
Agile and Adaptable: U.S. and NATO Approaches to Russia's Short-Term Military Potential
Report by Lisa Aronsson, John R. Deni, and Hanna Notte — September 6, 2023