Andrew Harding is the Senior Associate for National Security Coalitions at The Heritage Foundation. He is responsible for developing partnerships and executing strategies in support of Heritage’s national security policy priorities across national and state-based organizations.

Most recently, Harding served in the Executive Office of the President as the Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asia at the National Security Council. He supported the policy priorities of the National Security Council’s Asia directorate and its bilateral and multilateral engagements with Indo-Pacific countries.

In his previous role at The Heritage Foundation, Harding was a researcher in Heritage’s Asian Studies Center, leading the Center’s work on the Pacific Islands and contributing to its China-related works. In 2024, he published “The Pacific Pivot: An American Strategy for the Pacific Islands,” Heritage's first-ever report outlining a long-term U.S. engagement strategy for the Pacific Islands to support U.S. interests. His writings have appeared inThe Hill, Defense News, National Review, The National Interest, RealClearDefense,andThe Center for Maritime Strategy, among others.

Harding is a graduate of the Elliott School of International Affairs (B.A. Asian Studies, International Affairs) and the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (B.A. Political Science) at George Washington University. He and his wife reside in Washington, D.C.