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This week\xa0on Babel, Jon speaks with Hanna Notte, a senior research associate with the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. They talk about Russia's interests in the Middle East and where they stand after the invasion of Ukraine, Russia's growing economic and defense relationship with Iran, and how Arab states view Russia's war in Ukraine. Then, Jon continues the conversation with Natasha Hall and Danny Sharp, discussing the implications for U.S. policy in the region and what U.S. decision-makers should do about it.\xa0\n\nHanna Notte, \u201cDon\u2019t Expect Any More Russian Help on the Iran Nuclear Deal,\u201d War on the Rocks, November 3, 2022.\xa0\n\nHanna Notte, \u201cThe Impact of Russia\u2019s Ukraine Invasion in the Middle East and North Africa,\u201d Congressional Testimony, Before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, 117th Congress, May 18, 2022.\n\nJon Alterman, "The Middle East's Indifference to Ukraine is a Warning," Defense One, May 12, 2022.\n\nHanna Notte, \u201cWill Western-Russian Confrontation Shake the Middle East?\u201d War on the Rocks, March 29, 2022.\xa0\n\nTranscript, "Russia in the Middle East After Ukraine," CSIS, January 24, 2023.