Janne E. Nolan

Janne E. Nolan(28 December 1951 – 26 June 2019) was an American academic, foreign policy advisor, and expert on nucleararms controlandnonproliferation.She held senior positions in theDepartment of State,as a staffer for theSenate,and served on multiple blue ribbon commissions.She was well known for supporting generations of women in the traditionally male dominated field of nuclear security.

Janne E. Nolan
Born	Janne Emilie Nolan (1951-12-28)December 28, 1951 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Died	June 26, 2019(2019-06-26)(aged 67) Washington, D.C.,U.S.
Occupation(s)	Academic, foreign policy advisor
Years active	Cold War Post–Cold War era
Known for	International Affairs, Arms Control, Nuclear Nonproliferation
Title	Chair
Board member of	Nuclear Security Working Group
Children	1
Academic background
Education	Antioch College(BA) Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy,Tufts University(MA), (PhD)
Academic work
Discipline	International Studies
Sub-discipline	Arms Control
Institutions	Brookings Institution, Georgetown University, Department of State, Century Foundation, Columbia University
Notable works	Guardians of the Arsenal: The Politics of Nuclear Strategy Trappings of Power: Ballistic Missiles in the Third World An Elusive Consensus: Nuclear Weapons and American Security after the Cold War Tyranny of Consensus: Discourse and Dissent in American National Security
Influenced	Condoleezza Rice,Kori Schake,Michael E. O'Hanlon,Francis Gavin

Early life and education

Janne Emilie Nolan was born on 28 December 1951 to James and Margaret "Maggie" Claughton Nolan, both American citizens, inNeuilly-sur-Seine,France.Her parents divorced when she was four. Nolan's mother moved her and her sister toLondonthree years after the divorce, before settling in the United States when Janne was 12.

Education

Nolan attendedAntioch Collegewhere she majored in political science and foreign languages, and earned aBAdegree in 1974.She earned her (MA) in Law and Diplomacy from theFletcher School of Law and DiplomacyatTufts Universitywhere she also went on to attain herPhD.Her doctoral dissertation focused on the military industries in Taiwan and South Korea. From 1980 to 1982, Nolan was a Doctoral Research Fellow at theStanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation.Nolan was one of only four women—along withCindy Roberts,'Condi' Rice,andGloria Duffy—with CICAS fellowships at the time. Aware of their position as the only women in the program, they took to calling themselves "the fellowettes".

Legacy

The Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at theJohns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studiesnamed a writing contest on international security in her honor.

Publications

Books

• Tyranny of Consensus: Discourse and Dissent in American National Security Policy(Washington, D.C.:Brookings InstitutionPress, 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 Uncertaintyco-authored with Douglas MacEachin, (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2006)
• Ultimate Security: Weapons of Mass Destruction in the 21st Centuryco-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," inpartners 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 LeeGeorge 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. BloomfieldGlobal 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 GroupGlobal 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)

See also

• Brookings Institution
• CRDF Global

External links

• Janne NolanC-SPANappearances