
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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President Trump says he'll meet President Putin in Alaska on Friday. To get a peace deal, President Trump has indicated some territory needs to be "switched." We look to Ukraine for reaction.
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President Zelenskyy's remarks come as U.S. and Russian leaders plan a summit next Friday. President Trump wants an end to the war and says it could involve "some swapping of territory."
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President Trump says he is willing to meet with Vladimir Putin to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine, without requiring the Russian leader to also meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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The weapons include U.S. missiles for Patriot air defense systems already in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said he had a "productive" call with President Trump.
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President Trump says he's already ended several conflicts around the globe and is working to conclude several more. We look at his approach to foreign policy.
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President Trump has set a new deadline for Russia to reach a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine. Trump is also promising to provide Ukraine with billions of dollars in military equipment.
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President Trump has been critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent days. NPR looks at the deteriorating relationship and whether Trump might take steps against Russia in favor of Ukraine.
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The Pentagon is halting the delivery of some U.S. weapons to Ukraine that are crucial in its battle against Russia. This comes at a time when Russia has stepped up its attacks against Ukraine.
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Israel was stunned by a surprise Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Since that day, Israel has delivered devastating blows to rivals and has reconfigured the Middle East.
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The Trump administration has revealed new details about U.S. airstrikes on Iran's nuclear program. But officials still haven't provided evidence on the full extent of the damage.