Dr.
Kim R. Holmes, founding editor of the Index of Economic Freedom and
one of Washington’s foremost foreign policy experts, returned to The Heritage
Foundation in 2005 after serving as Assistant Secretary of State for International
Organization Affairs in the Bush Administration. As Assistant Secretary,
Dr. Holmes brought the weight of his international relations and foreign
policy acumen to bear on matters of concern for the United States; as Vice
President for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies and Director of the Kathryn
and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at Heritage,
he oversees the Foundation’s foreign and defense policy programs.