Hardin Lang

Hardin Lang is a senior fellow at CSIS, focusing on national security, stabilization operations, and the economic dimensions of conflict. He comes to CSIS with over 14 years of experience in peacekeeping, reconstruction, and humanitarian affairs. Most recently, Mr. Lang served as head of office for former president Bill Clinton in his role as UN special envoy for Haiti. He previously worked with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, where he managed field operations in Afghanistan and Haiti and served as a senior adviser to the UN special representative to Iraq in the wake of the 2003 bombing of the UN mission in Baghdad. Prior to Iraq, Mr. Lang served for two years with the UN transitional authority in Kosovo, holding a series of portfolios from drafting an interim constitution to coordinating joint security operations with NATO forces. He began his career in Guatemala working on human rights issues during the civil war, before joining the UN verification mission charged with overseeing an end to the conflict.

Mr. Lang has led teams of international observers to monitor elections in Afghanistan, written for the Economist Intelligence Unit, Foreign Policy, and the Journal of International Peace Operations and appeared on the BBC, NPR, and Fox News. His research on political violence in Central America was published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He holds a master’s degree in public policy from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and a master’s degree in international history from the London School of Economics.