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Guy Taylor

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

U.S. President Joe Biden, front fourth right, waves as he poses with G7 leaders and Outreach guests for an official group photo at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Monday, June 27, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Biden, others vow at G-7 to back Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’

The U.S. and other economically powerful democracies vowed to back Ukraine for "as long as it takes" Monday, promising to expand sanctions on Russia and increase sophisticated weapons deliveries amid a resurgence of missile attacks by Russian forces, including the first strikes in weeks that have hit civilian targets in Kyiv. Published June 27, 2022

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Iranian opposition headquarters in Albania, where up to 3,000 MEK members reside at Ashraf-3 camp in Manza town, about 30 kilometers (16 miles) west of Tirana, Albania, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)

Iran speech offers glimpse at a Pence foreign policy

Former Vice President Mike Pence sharply criticized what he called the Biden's administration's "weakness" on foreign policy Thursday, slamming the administration's "disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan" and arguing that White House "appeasement" of Iran is backfiring. Published June 23, 2022

Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Senegal's Foreign Minister Aissata Tall Sall, at the State Department in Washington, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool photo via AP)

U.S. officials shine spotlight on China’s repression of Uygur Muslims

The United States is pushing to "strengthen international coordination" against the Chinese government's human rights abuses, with a specific focus on banning products made with forced labor in China's Xinjiang region, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. Published June 21, 2022

Sudanese protesters rally against the October 2021 military coup which has led to deaths and scores of arrests of demonstrators, in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Since the coup, more than 80 people, mostly young men, have been killed and over 2,600 others injured in the protests, according to a Sudanese medical group. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

Chinese, Russian influence drown out democracy with African coups

A surge in the number of military coups that have brought down democratic governments across Africa can be traced to China's rising regional and global influence, according to regional experts, who also blame successive U.S. administrations for failing to develop a more coherent strategy for investing in and bolstering democracy on the continent. Published June 16, 2022

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Summit of the Americas, in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Biden muted at summit as China extends clout across hemisphere

Hopes that the United States could seize on this week's Summit of the Americas to counter China's growing influence and investment clout in Latin America appear to be falling flat -- and the Biden administration may have itself to blame. Published June 9, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden, center right, with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center left, speaks at the Combat Operations Floor of the Osan Air Base, Sunday, May 22, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, U.S. Forces Korea, United Nations Command, and Combined Forces Command Commander, is at right. Lt. Gen. Sung Chun Choi, Commander, Air Force Operations Command, South Korea's Air Force is at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden’s ‘patience’ policy with North Korea not working, key GOP voice says

President Biden's embrace of an Obama-era policy of "Strategic Patience 2.0" toward North Korea isn't working, according to a leading Senate Republican voice on foreign policy, who argues the administration needs to take a more active stance on the ballistic missile and nuclear weapons threat emanating from Pyongyang. Published June 7, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, May 15, 2022. Israel said Tuesday, May 31, 2022, that it has proof that Iran stole classified documents from the U.N. atomic energy agency nearly two decades ago and used them to conceal its nuclear activities from international inspectors. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

UAE-Israel free-trade deal latest fruit of U.S.-backed ‘Abraham Accords’

Israel and the United Arab Emirates inked a precedent-setting free trade deal on Tuesday, the latest in a continuing series of diplomatic breakthroughs stemming from the "Abraham Accords" that were brokered by the Trump administration and greatly eased the Jewish state's historic isolation in the Arab world. Published May 31, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Iran-Israel tension rises over assassination in Tehran

Tension between Israel and Iran ratcheted higher over the weekend, with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett saying Tehran can expect to "pay the full price" for backing militant proxies that target Israel and others around the Middle East. Published May 29, 2022

From left, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the Japan-U.S.-Australia-India Fellowship Founding Celebration event in Tokyo Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese and Russian aggression looms large over ‘Quad’ summit in Tokyo

U.S. President Biden and other leaders of the "Quad" strategic group with India, Australia and Japan issued a carefully worded warning Tuesday to China, which has triggered unease in recent years by building military bases on disputed islands in the South China Sea. Published May 24, 2022

President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visit the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

China, North Korea cast shadow over Biden Asia mission

President Biden will attempt to project harmony and unity of purpose among Indo-Pacific democracies and underscore America's security commitment to Asia during a six-day visit to South Korea and Japan this week, amid criticism from a wary China and concerns that North Korea may try to derail the trip with a nuclear test. Published May 19, 2022

Buses with Ukrainian servicemen evacuated from the besieged Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant travel accompany Russian APC's to a prison in Olyonivka, territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. More than 260 fighters, some severely wounded, were pulled from a steel plant on Monday that is the last redoubt of Ukrainian fighters in the city and transported to two towns controlled by separatists, officials on both sides said. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Defenders’ fate uncertain as Ukraine abandons Mariupol fortress

The strategically key southeastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol appeared to fall to Russian forces on Tuesday, a rare breakthrough for Moscow as its forces remain largely bogged down in much of the country after nearly three months of hard fighting, according to Western intelligence assessments. Published May 17, 2022

Ukrainian servicemen walk in the forest near a recently retaken village, north of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Sweden follows Finland’s lead with NATO push

Russian forces faced fresh battlefield losses in eastern Ukraine Monday, as Sweden formally announced that it will follow its Nordic neighbor Finland's lead and seek NATO membership, reversing more than two centuries of military nonalignment amid soaring security concerns that Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sparked across greater Europe. Published May 16, 2022