Evelyn Nicolette Farkas (born December 6, 1967)[1] is an American national security advisor, author, and foreign policy analyst.

[3] Before her appointment at the Department of Defense, Farkas served in various government positions, including as executive director for the bipartisan congressional Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism.

[6] Farkas began her career with the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria.

As a Ph.D. student Farkas served in 1996 as a Human Rights Officer with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Bosnia in the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars.

[12] In 2009, Farkas joined the American Security Project as an adjunct fellow, where her work focused on counterterrorism, special operations, and nonproliferation policies, among other topics.

In this role, Farkas was responsible for U.S. defense policy in Russia, the Black Sea, Balkans, and Caucasus regions, as well as conventional arms control.

[16] In March 2017, conservative news media and White House spokesperson Sean Spicer tried to place Farkas at the center of the controversy surrounding President Donald Trump's team and their ties with Russia.

[17] In an appearance on MSNBC on March 2, Farkas had commented that given what she knew about Kremlin motives, the quality of US intelligence on Russia, and Obama officials’ warnings, she was certain there was some communication and cooperation between the Russians and Americans.