Dr. Evelyn Farkas is one of the nation\u2019s premier voices on American foreign policy and geopolitics, and one of the nation\u2019s most-trusted experts on U.S.-Russia relations. As Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia\/Ukraine\/Eurasia, she was the Department of Defense\u2019s top Russia expert under President Obama. Farkas advised three Secretaries of Defense during her tenure at the Pentagon and was responsible for policy toward Russia and the surrounding region. She is an outspoken voice on how America ought to respond to adversaries and manage aggressors, ranging from Russia to North Korea to Iran and China. Expertly positioned to discuss the at times tenuous intersection of foreign objectives and domestic priorities, Dr. Farkas appears regularly on CNN, MSNBC, BBC, and other networks. She currently serves as the executive director of the McCain Institute, and her op-eds are regularly featured in leading publications. She discusses how America\u2019s position abroad is shifting under the current presidential administration, and the global gamut of national security challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"