Greg Myre
Greg Myre is a national security correspondent with a focus on the intelligence community, a position that follows his many years as a foreign correspondent covering conflicts around the globe.
He was previously the international editor for NPR.org, working closely with NPR correspondents abroad and national security reporters in Washington. He remains a frequent contributor to the NPR website on global affairs. He also worked as a senior editor at Morning Edition from 2008-2011.
Before joining NPR, Myre was a foreign correspondent for 20 years with The New York Times and The Associated Press.
He was first posted to South Africa in 1987, where he witnessed Nelson Mandela's release from prison and reported on the final years of apartheid. He was assigned to Pakistan in 1993 and often traveled to war-torn Afghanistan. He was one of the first reporters to interview members of an obscure new group calling itself the Taliban.
Myre was also posted to Cyprus and worked throughout the Middle East, including extended trips to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. He went to Moscow from 1996-1999, covering the early days of Vladimir Putin as Russia's leader.
He was based in Jerusalem from 2000-2007, reporting on the heaviest fighting ever between Israelis and the Palestinians.
In his years abroad, he traveled to more than 50 countries and reported on a dozen wars. He and his journalist wife Jennifer Griffin co-wrote a 2011 book on their time in Jerusalem, entitled, This Burning Land: Lessons from the Front Lines of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Myre is a scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington and has appeared as an analyst on CNN, PBS, BBC, C-SPAN, Fox, Al Jazeera and other networks. He's a graduate of Yale University, where he played football and basketball.
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For well over a year, Russia has carried out airstrikes across Ukraine. Now Russia finds itself on the receiving end, including drones that hit apartment buildings in Moscow.
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Most major military operations are shrouded in secrecy. Ukraine's planned offensive against Russia has been under public debate for months. This has created expectations. Some realistic, some not. -
Why is Sudan so prone to civil war? The country has suffered from internal conflict for well over half of its 67 years of independence. Two generals are threatening to unleash another civil war.
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The Kremlin, the home and office of the Russian leader in the center of Moscow, was hit by a pair of drones. But who did it and how? That's the subject of a fierce debate between Russia and Ukraine.
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The two generals waging a bloody power struggle in Sudan actually have a long history of working together. Both were key figures in the brutal military crackdown in Darfur in the early 2000s.
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The case against 21-year-old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira raises questions about why he had access to sensitive material. He's scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
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Hear more context on the U.S. intelligence leaks and about previous ones from NPR national security correspondent Greg Myre.
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Washington and Moscow have worked out prisoner swaps for decades, though they used to involve spies. Today, an increasing number of private American citizens are being jailed by Russia.
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Many questions still remain about a data leak of classified documents related to the war in Ukraine and intelligence from other nations.
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Maps and charts providing details on Ukraine's military and the state of the war have been published on Twitter and Telegram. The Pentagon says it is investigating how they were leaked or stolen.
