Janne E. Nolan

Janne E. Nolan (28 December 1951 – 26 June 2019) was an American academic, foreign policy advisor, and expert on nuclear arms control and nonproliferation. She was well known for supporting generations of women in the traditionally male dominated field of nuclear security.

Early life and education Janne Emilie Nolan was born on 28 December 1951 to James and Margaret "Maggie" Claughton Nolan, both American citizens, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

Legacy The Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies named a writing contest on international security in her honor. And the Council on Strategic Risk's Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons is named in honor of her work and help in founding the organization.

Publications Books Tyranny of Consensus: Discourse and Dissent in American National Security Policy (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2014) Security and Intelligence in the Age of Diplomacy (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2009) An Elusive Consensus: Nuclear Weapons and American Politics After the Cold War (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 1999) Global Engagement: Security and Cooperation in the 21st Century, ed (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 1991) Trappings of Power: Ballistic Missiles in the Third World (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 1991) Guardians of the Arsenal: The Politics of Nuclear Strategy (New York, New York: Basic Books, 1989) Military Industry in Taiwan and South Korea (London: Macmillan, 1986)

Co-authored books Discourse, Dissent and Strategic Surprise: Formulating U.S. Security in an Age of Uncertainty co-authored with Douglas MacEachin, (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2006) Ultimate Security: Weapons of Mass Destruction in the 21st Century co-editor with Bernard Finel and Brian Finlay, (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2003).

Book chapters "U.S. Policy, Politics and Organizational Issues in International Space Cooperation," in partners in space (Washington, D.C.: NASA, 2003) "The Perils of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons" with Bernard Finel and Brian Finlay, in Michael Brown, ed. Grave New World: Security Challenges in the 21st Century (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2003) "American Policy in Northeast Asia: An Emerging Bush Legacy" in Robert M. Hathaway and Wilson Lee George W. Bush and Asia: A Mid-Term Assessment (Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2002) "Foreign Policy Presentation: Oil and Globalization" in Lincoln P. Bloomfield Global Markets and National Interests: The New Geopolitics of Energy, Capital, and Information (Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2002) "U.S. Arms Policy in an Insecure World" with William Keller, in Ellen Frost and Harlan Ullman, eds. The Global Century (Washington, D.C.: National Defense University, 2002) "The Next Nuclear Policy Review" in Harold Feiveson, Ed. Deep Cuts in Nuclear Forces (Washington, D.C. and New York, New York: Aspen Strategy Group, 1998) "The Proliferation Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction and U.S. Security Interests" in Aspen Strategy Group Global Proliferation (Washington D.C. and New York New York: Aspen Strategy Group, 1998) "Nuclear Weapons: Is There a Clinton Legacy?" in Kenneth W. Thompson, Ed. Presidents and Arms Control (University Press of America, 1997)