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.