Project Connect: The Russia-Iran Dynamic: Difference between revisions

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

Link to Video Recording

Link to Video Recording Recording Password: dYdbqVM4

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

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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

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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

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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

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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).

Additional Resources

Current Calendar
All RSI Research

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-Project Connect: The Russia-Iran Dynamic
+'''Date:''' August 21st, 2024 at 16:00 CET / 10:00 EST / 07:00 PST
-August 21 2024 at 1600 CET / 1000 EST / 0700 PST
+'''Platform:''' Cisco Webex Events
-via Cisco Webex
+=== Link to Video Recording ===
+[https://eucom.webex.com/eucom/ldr.php?RCID=e012e23049a8d6428b439d299de38b08 Link to Video Recording]
+'''Recording Password:''' dYdbqVM4
-Registration Link
+=== 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.
-Details:
+* 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''
-RSI will be joined by Dr. Michael Connel, 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.
+=== Biography ===
-Dr. Dmitry Adamsky – The Russian-Iranian Learning Community in the Matter of Precision Warfare: Drivers, Content, and Implications
+==== 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 – The Evolving Russia-Iran Relationship – Political, Military, and Economic Dimensions of an Improving Partnership
+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.
-Dr. Hanna Notte and Jim Lamson – Iran-Russia Defense Cooperation: Current Realities and Future Horizons
+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)
-Biographies
+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.
-Dr. Michael Connell
+==== Jim Lamson ====
-Principal Research Scientist, Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
+[[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. 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. He previously served as CNA’s field representative to the headquarters of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, Bahrain. Prior to joining CNA, Connell was an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. Connell earned his doctorate in history and Middle Eastern studies from Harvard University and his Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern studies from Brandeis University.
+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).
-Dr. Hanna Notte
+=== Additional Resources ===
-Senior Research Associate, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
+* '''[[Main Page#Calendar|Current Calendar]]'''
+* '''[[RSI Research|All RSI Research]]'''
-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 the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC. She holds a doctorate and MPhil in International Relations from Oxford University and a BA in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University. 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. Her contributions have appeared in The Nonproliferation Review, Foreign Policy, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and War on the Rocks, among others. She is the co-author of Death Dust: The Rise, Demise, and Future of Radiological Weapons Programs, forthcoming with Stanford University Press (2023). Notte previously 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. She is proficient in Russian and Arabic. Hanna Notte is based in Berlin.
-Jim Lamson
-Senior Research Associate, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
-Jim Lamson is a senior research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS). His research focuses on Iranian weapons, space, and military issues, and Iran's security and arms control policies. Prior to joining CNS, he worked for 23 years as an analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency, focusing on Iranian weapons and military issues, and served for more than five years in the Middle East. Before that, he worked on nonproliferation issues at CNS, the Conference on Disarmament, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and U.S. Department of State. He holds an MA in international policy studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and an MS in national resource strategy from the National Defense University.
-Dr. Dima Adamsky
-Associate Professor, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the 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 the Reichman University, Israel.  He has previously been affiliated with Harvard and Columbia Universities, the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies, and the University of Zurich. He has published on military innovations, strategic culture, nuclear strategy, and U.S., Russian and Israeli national security in Foreign Affairs, Security Studies, Journal of Strategic Studies, Survival, IFRI Notes, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Russian Analytical Digest, Intelligence and National Security, Defense and Security Studies, Washington Quarterly, Slavic Military Studies, Problems of Post-Communism, and Cold War History. His books Operation Kavkaz (Maarachot, 2006) and The Culture of Military Innovation (Stanford UP, 2010) earned the annual prizes for the best academic works on Israeli security. His book Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics and Strategy (Stanford UP, 2019) won the 2020 ISA best book award in the category of religion and International Relations. His latest book is The Russian Way of Deterrence: Strategic Culture, Coercion and War (Stanford UP, 2023). His forthcoming book The New Commissars (Cambridge UP) explores militarization of politics and politization of military in Russia.