View source for Project Connect: The Russia-Iran Dynamic

'''Date:''' August 21st, 2024 at 16:00 CET / 10:00 EST / 07:00 PST  
'''Platform:''' Cisco Webex Events  

=== Link to Video Recording ===  
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=== Details ===  
RSI will be joined by Dr. Michael Connell, Dr. Hanna Notte, Jim Lamson, and Dr. Dima Adamsky to discuss their most recent RSI-sponsored research on the evolving relationship between Russia and Iran.  

* Dr. Dmitry Adamsky – ''The Russian-Iranian Learning Community in the Matter of Precision Warfare: Drivers, Content, and Implications''  
* Dr. Michael Connell – ''The Evolving Russia-Iran Relationship – Political, Military, and Economic Dimensions of an Improving Partnership''  
* Dr. Hanna Notte and Jim Lamson – ''Iran-Russia Defense Cooperation: Current Realities and Future Horizons''  

=== Biography ===  

==== Dr. Michael Connell ====  
[[File:Photo_Michael_Connell.jpg|thumb|200px|Michael Connell]]  
'''Title:''' Principal Research Scientist  
'''Affiliation:''' Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)  

Dr. Michael Connell is a specialist in Russia and the Middle East. His primary area of expertise is the armed forces of Iran and Russia, and he has published extensively both inside and outside of CNA on these topics.  

At CNA, he has directed more than 60 research projects for a variety of DOD and interagency sponsors. This work has spanned a variety of subjects, including adversary military capabilities and intentions, strategic signaling, security cooperation and engagement, space and counterspace operations, U.S. force posture alternatives, and cyber operations.  

==== Dr. Hanna Notte ====  
[[File:Photo_Hanna_Notte.jpg|thumb|200px|Hanna Notte]]  
'''Title:''' Senior Research Associate  
'''Affiliation:''' Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)  

Dr. Hanna Notte is a Senior Research Associate at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation and a Senior Associate (non-resident) in the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at CSIS in Washington DC.  

Her work focuses on Russian foreign policy, Russia’s relations with the Global South broadly and the Middle East in particular, Russian approaches to arms control and nonproliferation, and Russian military innovation.  

==== Jim Lamson ====  
[[File:Photo_Jim_Lamson.jpg|thumb|200px|Jim Lamson]]  
'''Title:''' Senior Research Associate  
'''Affiliation:''' James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)  

Jim Lamson is a senior research associate at CNS. His research focuses on Iranian weapons, space, and military issues, and Iran's security and arms control policies.  

==== Dr. Dima Adamsky ====  
[[File:Photo_Dima_Adamsky.jpg|thumb|200px|Dima Adamsky]]  
'''Title:''' Associate Professor  
'''Affiliation:''' Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya  

Dr. Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky is a full professor at the School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy and the Head of the BA Honors Track in Strategic Studies at Reichman University, Israel.  

He has published extensively on military innovations, strategic culture, nuclear strategy, and U.S., Russian, and Israeli national security. His books include ''Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics and Strategy'' (Stanford UP, 2019) and ''The Russian Way of Deterrence: Strategic Culture, Coercion and War'' (Stanford UP, 2023).  

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