Go behind-the-scenes with Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor as he interviews officials and experts directly involved in the most important global security, foreign policy and technology issues impacting America's position in the world.
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with industry leaders at "Qubits26 Quantum Realized," a conference hosted by D-Wave Quantum, for a wide-ranging discussion on what quantum computing is and how it stands to change the world. (Mar. 5, 2026)
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems President Dave Alexander takes National Security Editor Guy Taylor inside the company's Secure Advanced Manufacturing facilities in Poway, California, for a wide-ranging discussion on the history of the Reaper, Predator and Sky Guardian drones. (Feb. 12, 2026)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor goes inside the Pentagon for a sit-down interview with U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman on how the newest branch of the U.S. military is responding to fast-evolving threats in space at a time when humanity is increasingly dependent on earth-orbiting satellites. (Jan. 22, 2026)
Leonardo DRS Vice President of Business Development Charlene Caputo takes National Security Editor Guy Taylor inside a tactical expeditionary radar production facility for a look at how the company is delivering cost-effective solutions that integrate with the full range of command and control communications networks in an era of small drones, drone swarms and multitudinous missile threats. (Jan. 15, 2026)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Eric Fanning, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) for a discussion on challenges and opportunities at play within the evolving transformation of how the government acquires and delivers new tech for the U.S. military. (Dec. 11, 2025)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Sen. Todd Young, Indiana Republican, who has emerged in recent years as a leader on the most nuanced aspects of U.S.-China competition. (Oct. 16, 2025)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Lt. Gen. David Harris, deputy chief of staff of Air Force Futures, for a wide-ranging discussion on the challenges of strategy development, the expanding relevance of complex war-gaming and the fast-evolving development and implementation of counter-drone capabilities. (Oct. 2, 2025)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with U.S. Navy (Ret.) Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, for an exploration of the administration's approach to the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, China's goal of taking Taiwan, the challenge of next-generation missile defense and the race to maintain global naval superiority. (Aug. 28, 2025)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Lt. General Sean Gainey for a wide-ranging discussion on the Army's role as a mission leader and integrator across these futuristic domains. (Aug. 14, 2025)
Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Miles Yu to examine the administration's posture toward the communist party-ruled government in Beijing. (July 24, 2025)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA), a top developer of some of the biggest and most advanced rockets in the world and a key player in the race for missile defense superiority. (May 6, 2025)
Guy Taylor and Ben Wolfgang sit down with retired CIA officer Daniel N. Hoffman for an in-depth conversation on Mr. Putin's mindset and what the CIA should be doing within the context of President Trump's high-stakes push for a negotiated settlement to the war. (Mar. 27, 2025).
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Ed Zoiss, the head of Space and Airborne Systems at L3Harris Technologies, for an in-depth discussion on the company's pursuit of disruptive and innovative solutions. This video was sponsored by L3Harris. (Mar. 24, 2025)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sat down at IDEX with Bilal Saab, a former Pentagon official with the first Trump administration, who now heads "Trends U.S." -- part of Trends Research & Advisory, a leading UAE think tank. (Feb. 27, 2025)
The U.S. border crisis, renewed threats of ISIS terrorism, American energy security and major Pentagon reforms are all near the center of the Trump administration's focus in ways that heighten the stakes for Congressional oversight. (Feb. 14, 2025)
Supporting free societies is the bedrock of U.S. foreign policy amid increasing threats from extremism and rising authoritarianism around the world. (Feb. 6, 2025)
President Trump's second presidency comes amid a great power battle between the U.S. and China for dominance over AI and other futuristic dual-use technologies that are reshaping the global security environment. (Jan. 30, 2025)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner for a discussion on the preparedness of U.S. spy agencies in a fast-evolving world. (Oct. 24, 2024)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor speaks with renowned journalist and author Peter Bergen on how America's position in the world can be expected to shift in 2025, the foreign policy differences between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and the extent to the so-called "deep state" will have a role in what's coming. (Oct. 17, 2024)
Threat Status and the Alexander Hamilton Society joined forces to host a special event at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., examining Chinese Communist Party influence at U.S. universities. (Oct. 8, 2024)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor speaks with U.S. Institute of Peace Africa Programs Director Susan Stigant on what caused the current fighting in Sudan and whether or not the U.S. has an effective humanitarian and security policy for the conflict. (Sept. 26, 2024)
Ambassador Alexander Tah-ray Yui, Taiwan's top diplomat in the U.S., on Beijing's campaign to block Taipei from the United Nations, the threat of a Chinese military invasion and the status of U.S. relations with the island democracy. (Sept. 19, 2024)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Stimson Center senior fellow and leading East Asian geopolitics scholar Yun Sun for a wide-ranging discussion about all facets of Myanmar's war. (Sept. 5, 2024)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Glenn Tiffert a preeminent China scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University for a discussion on the CCP's inner dynamics, its efforts to globalize Beijing's authoritarian censorship regime and the meaning behind 'Xi Jinping thought.' (Aug. 22, 2024)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with historian and former diplomat Philip Zelikow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University for a discussion on whether humanity is edging dangerously close to world war. (Aug. 9, 2024)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with former U.S. intelligence official and longtime diplomat Joseph DeTrani to discuss how the new Moscow-Pyongyang alliance intersects with the Ukraine war, China and President Biden's 'strategic patience' policy, in comparison to former President Trump's pursuit of direct summits with Kim Jong-un. (July 25, 2024)
Former CIA official Norman Roule joins Threat Status to discuss the regime's threat to international freedom, the future of its nuclear program amid a brewing Iranian supreme leader succession battle, and the Biden administration's response. (July 11, 2024)
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is at the center of that pursuit as the ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the CCP. (June 27, 2024)
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with former U.S. Counterterrorism Coordinator Nathan Sales at the Atlantic Council to discuss the global war on terror and the growing threat of ISIS-K attacks on the world stage. (June 13, 2024)
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Seth Jones at the Center for Strategic and International Studies for a discussion about how and why China's defense industrial production base is dangerously outpacing that of the United States and what Washington should do to respond. (May 30, 2024)
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner for a discussion on how U.S. spy agencies and the Pentagon are scrambling to respond to China's global moves, Russia's anti-satellite nuclear threat, and increasingly aggressive actions by Tehran and Pyongyang. (May 16, 2024)
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Rep. Young Kim, California Republican and chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific, for a discussion on why the region matters so much to U.S. leadership on the world stage. (May 9, 2024)
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with longtime international organized crime expert and Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Vanda Felbab-Brown for a discussion on how these activities reach into the United States and the extent to which the Chinese government is exploiting them for leverage over Washington. (April 19, 2024)
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Ambassador Johnnie Carson, the renowned diplomat who most recently served as special representative for implementation of U.S. pledges made at the 2022 African Leaders Summit in Washington. (March 27, 2024)
National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with former NSA General Counsel Stewart Baker to discuss all aspects of the FISA debate. (March 19, 2024)
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican and a senior member of both the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees, to discuss the challenges facing the next U.S. president. (March 14, 2024)
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with In-Q-Tel President and CEO Steve Bowsher to discuss the intersection of cutting-edge technologies, U.S. intelligence and the evolving landscape of global conflict. (February 26, 2024)
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Samantha Ravich, an expert on cyber and geopolitical threats and the chair of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. (February 14, 2024)
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul to dig into issues including sensitive U.S. tech exports to China and the GOP divide over military aid for Ukraine. (February 7, 2024)
