Emily Harding
Emily Harding is director of the Intelligence, National Security, and Technology (INT) Program and deputy director with the International Security Program at CSIS. As the head of the INT Program, she provides thought leadership on the most critical issues facing intelligence professionals and on the future of intelligence work. She also serves as deputy director of the International Security Program, where she is responsible for leading a team of world-renowned scholars providing policy solutions that shape national security.
Drawing on her decades of experience in national security, Emily has established herself as an expert on how technology is revolutionizing national security work. Harding has served in a series of high-profile national security positions at critical moments. While serving as deputy staff director on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, she led the committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections, which was lauded for its bipartisanship. At CIA, she led analysts and analytic programs through moments of crisis, including shepherding the Iraq Group during the attempted Islamic State takeover. During a tour at the National Security Council, she served as director for Iran. After leaving the White House, her team ran the first Office of the Director of National Intelligence-led presidential transition, where she was responsible for briefing the incoming administration. Harding is an adjunct lecturer at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Her analysis has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, BBC, NPR, Bloomberg, and other outlets. Harding holds a master’s degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia.
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In the News
Israeli road splitting Gaza in two has reached the Mediterranean coast, satellite imagery shows
Emily Harding in CNN — March 8, 2024
Mutual Frustrations Arise in U.S.-Ukraine Alliance
Emily Harding in The New York Times — March 7, 2024
The United States Needs a New Way to Think About Cyber
Emily Harding in Lawfare — January 28, 2024
The Only Thing That Can Help Gaza Is Mothers' Love | Opinion
Emily Harding in Newsweek — January 12, 2024
Why we still underestimate what groups like Hamas are capable of
Emily Harding in Vox — December 13, 2023
The World Paid a Stiff Price for Bad Reporting on the Gaza Hospital Explosion
Emily Harding in Newsweek — October 24, 2023
Israel at War: Living in Terror -- A Special Edition of 20/20
Emily Harding in ABC — October 12, 2023
Hamas Attack Prompts Blame Around Israeli Intelligence
Emily Harding in Bloomberg — October 7, 2023
All Emily Harding Content
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Evolving Tech: Innovation, Competition, and Change
Decoding D.C.: Policy, Power, and People
Ukraine in the Balance: A Battlefield Update on the War in Ukraine
Event — February 22, 2024
Russia Aims at Montenegro
Commentary by Julia Dickson and Emily Harding — February 13, 2024
Audio Brief: Impact of War on Israel’s Technology Sector with Emily Harding
Podcast Episode by Emily Harding — February 2, 2024
2024 Global Forecast: Conflict Zones
Digital Report by Mark F. Cancian, Max Bergmann, and Maria Snegovaya, Romina Bandura, Kathleen McInnis, Elizabeth Hoffman, Eliot A. Cohen, Daniel Byman, Jon B. Alterman, Natasha Hall, Emily Harding, Craig Cohen, Alex Kisling — February 2, 2024
DIA Demonstrates Practical Innovation for Mission Success
Commentary by Julia Dickson and Emily Harding — January 19, 2024
“Lawmakers Will Need to Own the Consequences of Letting Section 702 Lapse”: Audio Brief with Emily Harding
Podcast Episode by Emily Harding — December 13, 2023
Lawmakers Will Need to Own the Consequences of Letting Section 702 Lapse
Commentary by Emily Harding — December 11, 2023
Fireside Chat with Andrew Shearer
Event — December 4, 2023