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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

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud party leader kisses his wife Sara in from of his supporters after polls for Israel's general elections closed in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump ally, wins Israel election over Benny Gantz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pulled off a squeaker of a win in Israel's election, declaring victory Wednesday as official vote tallies showed his Likud party will be able to form a majority coalition with smaller right-wing parties to control the nation's parliament. Published April 10, 2019

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to his supporters after polls for Israel's general elections closed in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Benjamin Netanyahu win in Israel election over Benny Gantz projected

The stars appeared to be aligned Tuesday night for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to win a fourth consecutive term after a hotly contested election in which a new centrist party headed by former military chief Benny Gantz won a significant chunk of the country's parliamentary seats. Published April 9, 2019

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man votes for Israel's parliamentary election at a polling station in Bnei Brak, Israel, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel election underway as PM Benjamin Netanyahu struggles to stay in power

Polls opened across Israel Tuesday in an election widely seen as a referendum on long-time conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is struggling to win a fourth consecutive term amid corruption accusations and a strong challenge from former military chief Benny Gantz. Published April 9, 2019

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz ramped up his rhetoric, telling voters Saturday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "is not the messiah, and he's not a legend that can't be replaced" in elections Tuesday. (Associated Press/File)

Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz election Israel’s defining moment

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the favorite to win Tuesday's general election, but just about everyone in Israel agrees it's going to be a squeaker as voters decide whether to give the Teflon stalwart of conservatism a fourth consecutive term and make him the longest-serving leader in the nation's history. Published April 7, 2019

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un listens to President Donald Trump speak during a meeting, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

North Korea courts Russia after Trump-Kim summit failure

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is deepening his regime's relations with Russia just as South Korea engages in a charm offensive with the Trump administration five weeks after U.S.-North Korean denuclearization talks broke down. Published April 3, 2019

Juan Guaido, president of the National Assembly and self-proclaimed interim president, waves to the gallery during a session of the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Venezuela's chief justice on Monday asked lawmakers of the rival pro-government National Constituent Assembly to strip Guaido of his parliamentary immunity, taking a step toward prosecuting him for alleged crimes as he seeks to oust President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela’s Juan Guaido vows to fight on as possible arrest looms

Venezuelan opposition leader and U.S.-backed interim President Juan Guaido is vowing to fight on, even as the government of President Nicolas Maduro has stripped him of his parliamentary immunity and set the stage for his potential arrest. Published April 3, 2019

The rift among Arab nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council is no closer to resolution today than when it began in June 2017, a Qatari diplomat said. (Associated Press/File)

Lolwah Al-Khater, Qatar diplomat, sees long Saudi feud

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: A top Qatari diplomat says the damaging feud between her country and Saudi Arabia that has divided the two American allies over the past two years and created a Middle East headache for the Trump administration is unlikely to be put to rest anytime soon. Published March 31, 2019

From left: FBI Director James B. Comey, CIA Director John O. Brennan, and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper sit together in the front row before President Barack Obama spoke about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance in this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, file photo at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

John Brennan and James Comey, Obama intelligence chiefs, under fire after Mueller report

Special counsel Robert Mueller's finding that there was no Trump campaign conspiracy with Russia to steal the 2016 election has unleashed a tsunami of outrage toward Obama-era intelligence chiefs, particularly former CIA Director John O. Brennan and former FBI Director James B. Comey, who are accused of pushing the allegation during congressional hearings, in social media posts and in highly charged interviews on television over the past two years. Published March 28, 2019

Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga said that if the U.S. wants democracy to flourish in his country, then the Trump administration must encourage private investment from major American companies (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)

Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga: U.S. losing to China diplomacy in Africa

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: The U.S. government must step up with resources and investment dollars if it wants to challenge the growing influence of China across sub-Saharan Africa, the prime minister of the West African nation of Mali is warning. Published March 27, 2019

National Assembly President Juan Guaido, who declared himself interim president of Venezuela, leaps on to a vehicle to speak to supporters as he visits different points of anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Guaido has declared himself interim president and demands new elections, arguing that President Nicolas Maduro's re-election last year was invalid. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

U.S. support Juan Guaido in Venezuela strong as diplomats leave

The withdrawal of the last U.S. diplomats from Venezuela does not mean the Trump administration is abandoning its support for opposition leader Juan Guaido in the escalating clash with socialist President Nicolas Maduro, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Published March 12, 2019

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the lack of maintenance was a cause of the blackouts in Venezuela.

Mike Pompeo denies that U.S. is behind the blackouts in Venezuela

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denied Monday that the U.S. was responsible for hacking Venezuela's energy grid, asserting that the debilitating power outages now gripping the South American nation are the result of "years and years of neglect" by Venezuelan authorities. Published March 11, 2019

National Security Adviser John Bolton adjusts his glasses before an interview, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

John Bolton: Donald Trump optimistic for more North Korea talks

President Trump and his top advisers expressed optimism through the weekend that diplomatic efforts on denuclearization talks with Pyongyang can be revived, despite reports of North Korean ballistic missile and nuclear activity. Published March 10, 2019