Christopher Langton
Senior Strategic Communication Adviser
Colonel (retired) Christopher Langton was a member of the Senior Staff at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) for nine years. During that time he held appointments as the Head of Defence Analysis, Research Fellow for Russia/ Eurasia, and Senior Fellow for Conflict. He was the Institute’s specialist on Afghanistan and took part in a number of research projects dealing with the current conflict. He also played a role in a number of diplomatic conflict resolution projects.
Before joining IISS he spent thirty-two years in the British Army. In that time he served as the Deputy Commander of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) as well as holding various attaché posts in Russia, the South Caucasus and Central Asia.