Ian Vásquez serves as Vice President for International Studies, Director of the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, and holds the David Boaz Chair at the Cato Institute. He is the editor of 'Global Fortune: The Stumble and Rise of World Capitalism' (2000) and co-editor of 'Perpetuating Poverty: The World Bank, the IMF and the Developing World' (1994). Vásquez is a co-author of the annual Human Freedom Index and contributed as a columnist for the Peruvian newspaper El Comercio from 2014 to 2020. Previously known as the director of the Cato Institute's Project on Global Economic Liberty, he is recognized as a writer focused on global economic liberty, free markets, and international policy, aligning with the Cato Institute's mission of promoting individual liberty, limited government, and peaceful international relations.