Guy Taylor

Guy Taylor is the National Security Editor at The Washington Times, overseeing the paper's State Department, Pentagon and intelligence coverage and driving the daily Threat Status newsletter. He has reported from dozens of countries and been a guest on the BBC, CNN, NPR, FOX, C-SPAN and The McLaughlin Group.

A series Mr. Taylor led on Russia's attempts to influence the 2016 U.S. election was recognized with a Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency, and a Society for Professional Journalists award. In 2012, he won a Virginia Press Association award reporting from Mexico.

Prior to joining The Times in 2011, Mr. Taylor was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the Fund For Investigative Journalism. He wrote for a variety publications, from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to Salon, Reason, Prospect, the Daily Star of Beirut, the Jerusalem Post and the St. Petersburg Times. He also served as an editor at World Politics Review, wrote for America's Quarterly and produced videos and features for Agence France-Presse.

Mr. Taylor holds an M.S. in Global Security Studies from Angelo State University and a B.A. from Clark University. He was part of a team who won a Society of Professional Journalists award for their reporting on the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

He can be reached at gtaylor@washingtontimes.com.

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Articles by Guy Taylor

Openly gay U.S. ambassador to Hungary faces personal attacks

The openly gay ambassador whom President Biden sent to staunchly conservative Hungary is facing a firestorm of criticism in Budapest, where pro-government media accuse him of violating diplomatic protocols, meddling in the judiciary and undermining the country's traditional values. Published February 2, 2023

Religious freedom under threat; summit highlights actions by China, developments in Japan

Religious freedom is not only under growing threat around the globe from China and other totalitarian regimes, warned dignitaries at a summit this week in Washington, but faces challenges such as efforts by leftists in such stalwart democracies as Japan to curb faith groups since last year's assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Published February 1, 2023

Taiwan, North Korea and other tricky issues loom over Blinken’s China trip

Chinese technical support for Russian mercenaries in Ukraine, North Korean nukes and the prospect of a Chinese military invasion of Taiwan could all be on the table when Secretary of State Antony Blinken touches down in Beijing for a high-stakes diplomatic visit this weekend. Or not. Published January 31, 2023

German, U.S. tanks expected to be game-changer for Ukraine, but long road ahead

Ukraine and its biggest Western backers hope the high-tech, U.S.-made M1 Abrams and German-made Leopard 2 A6 battle tanks being sent to Kyiv will provide a major boost to the country's fight against Russian invaders. Published January 25, 2023

Threat Status: Too many generals in the Pentagon?

Does the U.S. military have too many officers? Some Republican lawmakers say the answer is an unequivocal yes: "Brass bloat" is real. Published January 25, 2023

U.S., Germany set to send tanks to Ukraine in face of Russian assault

The United States and Germany were poised Tuesday to approve the transfer of U.S.-made M1 Abrams and German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, ending weeks of reluctance to send such powerful weapons to bolster Ukraine's fight against Russia's ongoing onslaught. Published January 24, 2023

Speaker Kevin McCarthy eyes Taiwan visit this year in trip likely to anger China

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning to travel to Taiwan later this year. Chinese analysts warn that this will trigger a fresh escalation of bilateral tensions that soared following then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip in 2022. Published January 23, 2023

Russia’s war in Ukraine has emboldened North Korea to test more nuclear weapons, report warns

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted North Korea to accelerate its own nuclear program and embrace a "first-use" nuclear weapons policy in a bid to deter an attack by the U.S. Published January 19, 2023

Threat Status: Hundreds of new UFO sightings reported

The Pentagon's latest bombshell report found that most of those UFO encounters remain unexplained, with many of the strange craft exhibiting "unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities." Published January 18, 2023

Syrian-American advocacy group criticizes U.S. policy, lack of action on Assad, civil war injustices

The U.S. has lost face on the world stage by ignoring Syrian President Bashar Assad's war crimes, a top Syrian American activist says, and Washington is dangerously in denial of the fallout from Mr. Assad's emergence as the victor of the country's more than decade-long civil war. Published January 18, 2023

Slow recovery: Political divisions grip Brazil in wake of capital violence

The upheaval rocking Brazil intensified Tuesday, with former President Jair Bolsonaro signaling he'll return while President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva appears increasingly eager to levy harsh punishments on Bolsonaro supporters who ransacked the country's capital on Sunday. Published January 10, 2023

Facebook ordered to allow ‘death to Khamenei’ posts

Facebook was wrong to censor a posting calling for the death of Iran's authoritarian leader over the summer, according to the findings of an oversight board tied to the social media giant. Published January 10, 2023

Economic expansion tops agenda for three North American leaders

North America's leaders will talk about continuing the development of the USMCA members' tripartite economic and manufacturing juggernaut amid a looming global recession. Published January 8, 2023

Threat Status: Biden fumbles into 2023 on foreign policy

Russia's unending war in Ukraine, North Korea's expanding nuclear weapons threats and China's increasing military moves toward Taiwan are among the complex global security challenges President Biden faces as he heads into the second half of his term in 2023. Published January 8, 2023

Biden stumbles into third year with looming global conflicts

Some analysts warn that the foreign policy establishment in Washington is dangerously underplaying the risk that the Ukraine war could take a turn for the worse in 2023. Published December 29, 2022

Concessions refusals block any hope for Russia-Ukraine peace talks

Russia announced a ban on oil exports to Western powers Wednesday even as Kremlin officials seemed to keep the door cracked open to ceasefire talks over Moscow's nearly yearlong military invasion of Ukraine. Published December 28, 2022

Threat Status: No end in sight

Washington is still abuzz about the pre-Christmas visit last week by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who traveled outside his country for the first time since Russia's February invasion and met with President Biden at the White House. Published December 28, 2022