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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

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens to Iraq's President Barham Salih during a joint news conference in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Erdogan has reaffirmed support for Iraq's reconstruction following the end of the fight against the Islamic State group and said the two countries would deepen cooperation against terror groups.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey claims FBI officials visiting Ankara to discuss Gulen

Turkish media claimed Friday that an American delegation including FBI officials was in the second day of meetings in Ankara to discuss Turkey's outrage over U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses of masterminding a failed 2016 coup in the country. Published January 4, 2019

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump ‘America first’ doctrine tested by crises, shifting global order

President Trump's high-wire nuclear diplomacy with North Korea could collapse or achieve a major breakthrough. The same goes for contentious trade talks with China, Mr. Trump's withdrawal of troops from Syria and Afghanistan, an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal and the administration's nuclear brinkmanship with Iran. Published December 31, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a photo opportunity with Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Mike Pompeo hopes to find in Brazil a new ally against China

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will use a trip to South America next week to forge an alliance against rising Chinese influence in the region with incoming Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a hardline conservative who's made headlines by accusing Beijing of trying to "buy" Brazil. Published December 28, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, meets Philippines Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mike Pompeo: North Korea talks not ‘like instant pudding’

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sought to put a positive face on the struggling denuclearization talks with North Korea Thursday -- even as Pyongyang escalated its aggressive rhetoric with a fresh demand that Washington remove a U.S. nuclear umbrella currently protecting South Korea and Japan. Published December 20, 2018

President Trump's announcement Wednesday about the U.S. pulling out of Syria came just days after Turkey said it was poised to carry out an offensive against Kurdish groups inside Syria, though the U.S. relied on the groups for years to battle the Islamic State. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

U.S. withdrawal from Syria may leave Kurdish allies in a lurch

An abrupt U.S. withdrawal from Syria will have major spillover effects on a number of players in the conflict, including Iran, but the biggest short-term impact is likely to be felt by Syria's Kurdish minority, who have provided critical help in the fight against the Islamic State but rely on American protection for their survival in the war zone. Published December 19, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a joint press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP, File)

North Korea denuclearization talks ‘sluggish’ with U.S.

The Trump administration is struggling to inject new momentum into the denuclearization talks with North Korea, amid signs the U.S.-South Korean alliance is facing new strains over Seoul's unwillingness to pay more for American troops stationed in the South. Published December 18, 2018

In this Dec. 1, 2018, file, photo released by the press office of the G20 Summit Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a plenary session on the second day of the G20 Leader's Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (G20 Press Office via AP, File) **FILE**

Saudis slam Senate resolutions on crown prince, Yemen

Saudi Arabia lashed out at Washington Monday, saying the kingdom "rejects any interference in its internal affairs," days after the U.S. Senate blamed the Saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and demanded an end to U.S. support for the kingdom's military campaign in Yemen. Published December 17, 2018

FILE - In this July 2016 file photo, Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen speaks to members of the media at his compound, in Saylorsburg, Pa. Turkey on Sunday dismissed as "ludicrous and groundless" a report that Turkish officials may have discussed kidnapping Gulen, a U.S.-based Muslim cleric, in exchange for millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Chris Post, File)

Donald Trump working on Fethullah Gulen extradition, Turkey claims

Turkey's top diplomat claimed Sunday that President Trump has assured Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that Washington is working on extraditing U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating the failed 2016 coup in Turkey. Published December 16, 2018

A soldier walks on the dock of the U.S. aircraft carrier, USS George H. W. Bush, as it docks at the Haifa port, Israel Monday, July 3, 2017. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool photo via AP)

Israel-China Haifa port deal triggers U.S. Navy pushback

Israel's decision to allow a Chinese government-connected firm to run a key Israeli port is causing rare friction with Washington amid behind-the-scenes pushback from the U.S. Navy, which has a long history of docking at the port. Published December 16, 2018

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, left, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks to reporters during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pompeo calls on China to release two Canadians

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday downplayed the notion that Canada is getting caught in the middle of U.S.-China tensions, even as he called on Beijing to release two Canadians it detained this week after Canada had arrested a top Chinese executive at the Trump administration's request. Published December 14, 2018

Volunteers with the right-wing paramilitary Azov National Corps attend a rally against Russia in front of the Ukrainian President's office in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. Some hundreds from the far-right party National Corps waved flags and protested. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

NATO steps up strategic Ukraine aid after push by Trump administration

NATO said Thursday it will soon supply the Ukrainian military with high-tech, secure communications equipment, a key tactical move roughly a week after the Trump administration pushed on the alliance to take more of a "leadership" role in confronting Russian aggression in Ukraine. Published December 13, 2018