Blake Hounshell

Blake HounshellManaging Editor

Blake Hounshell is managing editor at Foreign Policy, having formerly been Web editor. Hounshell oversees ForeignPolicy.com, FP's award-winning Web site, and commissions articles for the print magazine. He joined Foreign Policy in 2006 after living in Cairo, where he studied Arabic, missed his Steelers finally win one for the thumb, and worked for the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies. A graduate of Yale University with a bachelor's degree in political science, he has appeared on CNN, NPR, C-Span, WTOP, WNYC, and Al-Jazeera, among others. He speaks mangled Arabic and French.

Latest Articles

Interview

The Case Against Benjamin Netanyahu

Ehud Olmert may decide not to run against Benjamin Netanyahu this time around. But either way, he’s betting that crossing an American president will have political consequences in Israel.
The List

Say It Ain't So, Joe

Ten things Joe Biden really should apologize for.
In Box

The Qatar Bubble

Can this tiny, rich emirate really solve the Middle East's thorniest political conflicts?
Interview

WikiWorld

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales talks about censorship, biased journalism, and the Arab Spring.
Dispatch

The Last Stand of Bashar al-Assad?

With more blood in the streets of Syria, can Washington apply enough pressure to finally bring down the tyrant in Damascus?
Failed States

Dark Crystal

Why didn't anyone predict the Arab revolutions?
In Box

The Revolution Will Be Tweeted

Life in the vanguard of the new Twitter proletariat.
In Box

A Guide to the Foreign-Policy Twitterati

Missing out on the Twitter Revolution? Here's a cheat sheet to get you started.
In Box

Epiphanies from Henry Kissinger

America's most famous diplomat reflects on a very revolutionary 2011, the rise of China, and the prospects for a new Cold War.
The List

Who's Who in Yemen

As Yemen veers toward civil war, a look at the players that may determine the country's future.