Shea Bradley-Farrell, Ph.D. is a strategist in national security and foreign policy and president of Counterpoint Institute for Policy, Research and Education in Washington, D.C. She is author of Last Warning to the West: Hungary’s Triumph Over Communism and the Woke Agenda (Dec. 2023) endorsed by top conservative leaders.

Shea works with multiple nations globally at the highest senior levels of government to build relations and promote U.S. interests. Shea worked directly with the first Trump administration with top senior and cabinet officials including at the White House, Department of State, and with Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump, on multiple issues while serving as VP of International Affairs for Concerned Women for America. Shea also served as Professor and Subject Matter Expert for the Defense Security Cooperation University of the U.S. Department of Defense for a Trump national security mandate; she possesses an active U.S. security clearance and executive-level certifications.

Previously, Shea worked in international development focusing on economic development and research in the Middle East, Africa and South America with donors including the U.S. Department of Labor, World Bank, Exxon, FedEx, and Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Science.

Shea holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in International Development from Tulane University, and has served in a variety of academic positions, including at Tulane University, the American University of Kuwait, George Mason University, and the Center for Fundamental Rights in Budapest, Hungary.

Shea is a columnist for Human Events and the Patriots for Europe Foundation. She regularly publishes Op-eds in outlets such as RealClear Politics, NewsMax, National Review, Daily Signal, The Washington Times, The European Conservative, Daily Caller, the Federalist and many others. She is a weekly guest on TV news and radio and presents to venues all around the world such as Wilson Center for International Scholars, Foreign Services Institute, the U.S. Dept. of State, the Heritage Foundation, CPAC Hungary and the Gulf Studies Symposium.