Evelyn Nicolette Farkas is an American national security advisor, author, and foreign policy analyst. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the McCain Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to democracy, human rights, and character-driven leadership. Born in 1967 to Hungarian political refugees, Farkas grew up speaking Hungarian and later became fluent in German, also studying Russian and Hindi.
She earned her B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College and her M.
A. and Ph.D.