Warren Hoge joined IPI as Vice President and Director of External Relations in June 2008. In more than three decades as an editor and foreign correspondent at the New York Times, he served as Bureau Chief in Rio de Janeiro, London, and the United Nations, Deputy Metropolitan Editor, Foreign Editor, Editor of The New York Times Magazine, Chief Newsroom Manager, and Assistant Managing Editor in charge of the paper's culture, book review, style, travel, and sports sections. He also directed the recruitment of writers.

As a foreign correspondent, Warren reported from more than eighty countries—covering political turmoil and guerrilla warfare in Central America, the passage of countries from dictatorship to elective government in South America, the politics and culture of Great Britain and Scandinavia, the peace process in Northern Ireland, and areas high on the peace and security agenda of the UN, including Central Africa and the Middle East. Prior to joining the Times, he was the Washington Bureau Chief and Metropolitan Editor of the New York Post. He began his reporting career at the Evening Star in Washington.

Warren graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in English, served in the United States Army Reserve, and did graduate work in literature and political science at George Washington University. He is fluent in Portuguese and has working knowledge of Spanish and French.