Dr. habil Antje Nötzold is a Senior Researcher in the Project “Support for Arms Control in Space (SACS)” at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich.
She is also a Private Lecturer at the Department of International Relations at Chemnitz University of Technology, a Non-Resident Fellow at the American German Institute (AGI), Washington DC, an Associate Fellow at CASSIS (Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies) at the University Bonn, a member of the SichTRaum (Security and Technology in Space) research network, and Vice-President of the Germany-wide Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik (Society for Security Policy).
After studying political science and business administration in Chemnitz and Sydney, Nötzold completed her doctorate with a thesis on European and Chinese energy policy and the implications for European energy security (Die Energiepolitik der EU und der VR China. Handlungsempfehlungen zur europäischen Versorgungssicherheit, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2011). Her habilitation thesis was dedicated to “The Decision to Denuclearize. A Process Analysis of Nuclear Disarmament in South Africa and Implications for Non-Proliferation Research and Policy”(Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft 2023). The anthology Strategischer Wettbewerb im Weltraum (Springer, 2024), edited under her lead, is the first comprehensive summary of strategic developments, trends, and challenges in space for the German-speaking world since the end of the Cold War. She is also the editor of the Nomos publication series Non-Proliferation, Disarmament & Arms Control (“Nichtverbreitung, Abrüstung & Rüstungskontrolle”) and “Governance, Sicherheit und Nachhaltigkeit im Weltraum | Governance, Security and Sustainability in Space” as well as “Young Academics: Outer Space” at Tectum and, in addition to scientific articles in various journals and anthologies, has also published concise formats like policy papers with political recommendations.
Her research interests include astropolitics, strategic competition, rivalry, conflicts, security, and warfare in space, space governance; geopolitical rivalries and systemic conflict between the United States and China; energy policy and security of supply, the nexus of energy, climate and geopolitics; and nuclear non-proliferation. Her expertise and many years of experience in science communication and political education make Dr. Nötzold a nationally and internationally sought-after speaker and interview partner for newspapers and television.
German Reunification: New Possibilities, New Perspectives, and Our Future Now In Our Hands
The “Wende” and finally the termination of the GDR turned the world upside down for the people in eastern Germany. On the one hand, it changed their daily lives in …
Ukraine—Out of the Spotlight, Out of the West’s Interest? German and U.S. Viewpoints on the Resolution of the Ukrainian-Russian Conflict and Its Security Implications
For all of 2014 and well into 2015, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine over the hostile events in Crimea and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk dominated German …
The U.S. and German Approach to Non-Proliferation: Influencing States’ Decisions to Acquire Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear proliferation is not a diminishing problem; rather, it possesses an increasingly significant threat to global security in the twenty-first century. The United States and Germany are committed to the …
