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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

In this Nov. 6, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, second from left, reviews an honor guard during a welcome ceremony, escorted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo. Trump’s Japan visit starting on Saturday, May 25, 2019, is to focus on personal ties with Abe rather than substantive results on trade, security or North Korea. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool, File) **FILE**

Trump-Abe summit sparks fears of new North Korean provocation

North Korea's latest threat to engage in "fiercer" provocations if Washington doesn't soften its denuclearization demands is the latest example of Pyongyang using a summit of U.S. and Japanese leaders to amplify its demands. Published May 24, 2019

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting with farmers at his palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. On May 15, 2019, a bipartisan group of congressmen introduced new legislation that urges Turkey to walk away from a contentious weapons deal with Russia. (Presidential Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Turkey determined to buy Russian defense system, officials say

A high-level Turkish delegation visiting Washington said Wednesday that Ankara will receive the advanced Russian-made S-400 missile defense system by July, despite Trump administration threats to sanction Ankara amid fears it is shifting increasingly into Moscow's orbit. Published May 22, 2019

National security adviser John Bolton talks to reporters about Venezuela, outside the White House, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Groups call on Congress to ‘halt march to war with Iran’

A group of 62 predominantly left-leaning organizations sent an open letter to Capitol Hill Tuesday calling on lawmakers to push through legislation that would block President Trump from authorizing military action against Iran without explicit new approval from Congress. Published May 21, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks at the 38th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump escalates Iran conflict as world frets

President Trump defended his aggressive Iran policy Wednesday, claiming his expanding pressure campaign will force Tehran into direct talks, even as critics and supporters alike on Capitol Hill demanded explanations and American allies overseas expressed concerns about another war in the Middle East. Published May 15, 2019

In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, photo, a Qiam missile is displayed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard during a military parade commemorating the start of the Iraq-Iran war in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini just outside Tehran, Iran. Saudi Arabia and the U.S. now accuse Iran of supplying ballistic missiles to Shiite rebels in Yemen, including this model. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**

U.S. intel showed Iran-backed militias moving rockets in Iraq: Report

The current ramping up of U.S. military posturing against Iran was triggered by U.S. intelligence that showed Tehran-backed militias in Iraq moving rockets to locations that could hit bases where American troops are positioned in the nation, according to sources familiar with the intelligence. Published May 15, 2019

In this Thursday, May 9, 2019, file photo released by the U.S. Navy, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Suez Canal in Egypt. The aircraft carrier and its strike group are deploying to the Persian Gulf on orders from the White House to respond to an unspecified threat from Iran. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dan Snow, U.S. Navy via AP)

Tensions simmer as U.S., Iran tamp down talk of war

A drone strike on Saudi oil assets by Iran-backed Yemeni rebels escalated tension between Tehran and Riyadh and triggered fresh unease in Washington on Tuesday, even as President Trump denied a report that he was weighing plans to send 120,000 U.S. troops to the region if Iran continues its provocations. Published May 14, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pose for a photo prior to their talks in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, southern Russia, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Pompeo arrived in Russia for talks that are expected to focus on an array of issues including arms control and Iran. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says Mueller probe was ‘objective,’ calls for renewed U.S.-Russia ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he believes U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller conducted an "objective" probe into whether there was collusion between Russia and President Trump's 2016 campaign, and that ties might improve between Moscow and Washington now that the investigation has concluded. Published May 14, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, arrives for a meeting with European foreign ministers at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, May 13, 2019. The EU backers of the Iran nuclear deal meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss ways to keep the pact afloat. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Donald Trump warns Iran over Saudi Arabia tanker attack

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unexpected detour Monday to Brussels to try to sway European leaders skeptical of the administration's growing brinkmanship with Iran -- just as reports emerged that U.S. allies in the Middle East had four of their oil tankers sabotaged in attacks likely to be pinned on Tehran. Published May 13, 2019

In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, photo provided on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, meets Kim Yong-chol, who traveled to Washington to discuss denuclearization talks, in Pyongyang. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim Jong-un replaces Kim Yong-chol with Jang Kum-chol

A major regime shake-up by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the eight weeks since his failed summit with President Trump has set U.S. officials on edge amid uncertainty over whether high-level personnel changes in Pyongyang will help or damage the stalled nuclear talks. Published May 2, 2019

This image made from video posted on a militant website on Monday, April 29, 2019, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, being interviewed by his group's Al-Furqan media outlet. Al-Baghdadi acknowledged in his first video since June 2014 that IS lost the war in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz that was captured last month by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. (Al-Furqan media via AP)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS leader, appears in video for first time in 5 years

He may have lost his hold on territory in Syria and Iraq and barely eluded the U.S.-backed forces who destroyed his "caliphate," but unbroken Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi re-emerged Monday, appearing for the first time in five years in a crude jihadi video to declare that his global terrorist organization is far from dead. Published April 29, 2019

In this Thursday, April 25, 2019 photo, a policeman stands guard, as surveyors work at St. Sebastian's Church, where a suicide bomber blew himself up on Easter Sunday in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Nearly a week later, the smell of death is everywhere, though the bodies are long gone. For more than 50 years, St. Sebastian’s had been the scene of weddings and baptisms, of Christmas celebrations and countless Masses. The walls are now blackened near where the bomber stood when he killed himself, spraying shrapnel in every direction. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Sri Lanka widens Islamic State manhunt

Sri Lankan authorities said Friday they're hunting for as many as 140 people suspected of links to the Islamic State terror group in an evolving investigation following the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people at churches and hotels in the South Asian nation. Published April 26, 2019

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un (center) surrounded by Russian and North Korean officials walk after arriving in Vladivostok, Russia, on Wednesday. Mr. Kim arrived for his much-anticipated summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Kim Jong-un, Vladimir Putin summit to discuss North Korea’s workforce

Kim Jong-un's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week may be a symbolic move by the North Korean leader to show he has a powerful friend in Moscow, but sources familiar with Mr. Kim's agenda say a key focus of the meeting will be allowing more than 10,000 North Korean laborers to remain in Russia despite U.S. demands. Published April 24, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a visit a shipyard in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Putin said the government will pursue an ambitious navy modernization effort. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Donald Trump should exploit Russian ‘weaknesses’ but keep INF Treaty intact: Report

The Trump administration's abandonment of a key Cold War-era nuclear treaty won't do much to counter Russian military provocations and information warfare around the world, according to a new national security policy report that says the White House would be wise to focus more on a strategy of exploiting Moscow's economic and political weaknesses. Published April 24, 2019

Saeb Erekat, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, speaks to journalists after a meeting between Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II, at the Royal Palace, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (Khalil Mazraawi, Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Saeb Erekat says Trump broke pledge by moving embassy to Jerusalem

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: The Palestinians' outspoken resistance to U.S. mediation in the Middle East peace process is justified because President Trump broke a promise two years ago to avoid any moves before announcing his blueprint that unfairly favored Israel, according to longtime chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. Published April 23, 2019