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Anna Hardage

Deputy Director, American Security

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

- General Dwight D Eisenhower

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Anna Hardage serves as deputy director for American Security and policy lead for U.S. and European Union security and defense policy at AFPI. In her full-time capacity, she serves as senior manager for strategic engagement at Hanwha, leading third-party engagements in the United States and Europe.

Previously, Hardage worked in a national security advisory firm, where she managed defense and technology portfolios and supported initiatives at the intersection of business, policy, and national security. Hardage also brings experience from the U.S. Senate, where she worked for Senators Tom Cotton and John Kennedy in a series of foreign policy and national security roles.

Before her work on Capitol Hill, Hardage held international roles in Germany and Colombia. As a program manager at Transatlantic Networks, she led projects on the evolving U.S.–European relationship, designed academic programming at the University of Bonn, and facilitated educational initiatives on diplomacy and security policy. While supporting the Bogotá-based Fundación El Origen, she expanded global outreach, building partnerships across four continents and elevating the organization’s international engagement.

Hardage’s professional affiliations include the Atlantik-Brücke Young Leaders Program, Manfred-Wörner Fellowship, and multiple D.C.-based national security fellowship programs.

She holds an M.A. in transatlantic studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.A. in political science, sociology, and media science from the University of Bonn.

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