Joby Warrick

Washington, D.C.

National security reporter covering terrorism, rogue states, weapons proliferation Education: Temple University, BA in journalism Joby Warrick joined The Washington Post’s National staff in 1996. He has covered national security, the environment and the Middle East and writes about terrorism. He is the author of two books, including 2015’s “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS,” which was awarded a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction. His first book, “The Triple Agent,” recounts the 2009 suicide attack by an al-Qaeda informant on a CIA base at Khost, Afghanistan, that killed seven U.S. intelligence operatives. Before joining The Post, Warrick covered the fall of communism in Eastern Europe as a UPI correspondent and worked as a reporter at the Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C. While in Raleigh, he co-authored “Boss Hog,” a series of investigative stories that documented the political and environmental fallout caused by factory farming in the Southeast. The series won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for public service.

Latest from Joby Warrick

World

North Korea’s Kim could be planning missile launch to welcome Biden administration

Satellite evidence suggests North Korea is preparing for a significant missile launch as it gradually dials up pressure on the United States.

Jan 18, 2021

The Biden Agenda

Biden’s first foreign-policy challenge could be North Korea testing a nuclear weapon or an ICBM, experts say

Kim quietly expanded his weapons stockpile while beguiling Trump with flattery and avoiding provocations. With Biden in the White House, the restraints may come off.

Dec 9, 2020

The Biden Agenda

Biden has vowed to quickly restore the Iran nuclear deal, but that may be easier said than done

New Trump sanctions and a mysterious assassination have erected formidable obstacles to future negotiations with Iran’s leaders.

Dec 9, 2020

The Biden Agenda

Biden’s challenges on foreign policy

The president-elect will confront a changed world and difficult diplomacy with nations such as China, Iran and Venezuela.

Dec 9, 2020

Middle East

Prominent Iranian nuclear scientist killed in ambush attack, bringing threats of revenge

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was seen as a key figure in Iran’s former covert efforts to develop an atomic weapon.

Nov 27, 2020

National Security

Iran’s oil exports, uranium stockpile surge as Trump administration’s ‘maximum pressure’ policy hits a wall

Incoming Biden administration will face an assertive Tehran with more oil customers and a growing stockpile of nuclear fuel.

Nov 15, 2020

Africa

An Islamist insurgency in Mozambique is gaining ground — and showing a strong allegiance to the Islamic State

Insurgents decapitated as many as 50 people in attacks on several villages in northeastern Mozambique.

Nov 13, 2020

National Security

ISIS attacks surge in Africa even as Trump boasts of a ‘100-percent’ defeated caliphate

After early successes in the war against the Islamic State, terrorists are gaining ground on two continents.

Oct 18, 2020

National Security

As Kim wooed Trump with ‘love letters,’ he kept building his nuclear capability, intelligence shows

The two-year relationship between Trump and Kim bought a freeze in testing, but all along the North Korean was expanding his arsenal and digging new bunkers.

Sep 30, 2020

National Security

Records shed light on online harassment of Jamal Khashoggi before his killing

Hundreds of Arabic Twitter accounts hurled bile and threats at the Saudi dissident before his disappearance. Some say the verbal attacks may have violated U.S. law.

Sep 7, 2020