Carlos Andrés Escudé Carvajal (10 August 1948 – 1 January 2021) was an Argentine political scientist and author, who during the 1990s served as special advisor to foreign minister Guido di Tella.

As such, he advised on Argentine foreign policy strategy vis-à-vis the Western powers particularly in the wake of the Falklands War.

In 1977 he matriculated in St. Antony's College, Oxford, transferring to Yale University in 1978 upon receipt of a Fulbright Fellowship.

In 1981 he earned his Ph.D. in political science from Yale; in 1984 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship; in 1986 he was decorated with the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins for promoting peace and friendship between Argentina and Chile; in 1996 he received the Konex Award, and in 2003 he was appointed 2003–2004 Ashley Fellow by Trent University (Canada), nominated as "likely the most distinguished political theorist in Latin America".

His academic articles have also been published in the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Spain, Israel, Poland and Mexico.