Dr. Victoria Coates

Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation

Victoria Coates is the Vice President of the Davis Institute for National Security at The Heritage Foundation.  She is the author of The Battle for the Jewish State: How Israel—and America—can Win (2024) and David’s Sling: A History of Democracy in Ten Works of Art (2016), both from Encounter Press.  

Coates previously served as a Deputy National Security Advisor on the NSC, Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Energy, and as Senator Ted Cruz’ National Security Advisor. Coates holds a B.A. from Trinity College, a M.A. from Williams College, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, all in art history.