Guy Taylor
Articles by Guy Taylor
Imagery shows North Korean ballistic missile base expansion: Reports
North Korea has clandestinely expanded one of its main long-range missile development bases during recent months, according to new reports based on satellite imagery collected during October and November. Published December 6, 2018
Russia lashes out, threatens to target U.S. allies if Trump kills arms treaty
Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out Wednesday at Washington's threat to pull out of a key Cold War weapons treaty, while a top general warned Russian forces will target European countries hosting American missiles if the U.S. follows through on the threat. Published December 5, 2018
U.S. threatens to pull out of nuclear treaty after Russia found in violation
The Trump administration will officially begin pulling the U.S. out of a key 30-year-old nuclear treaty with Russia in 60 days unless Moscow takes clear steps to come back into compliance with the pact, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday. Published December 4, 2018
Mike Pompeo trumpets Donald Trump’s foreign policy in Europe visit, says critics ‘just plain wrong’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leveled a staunch defense of President Trump's lead-from-the-front foreign policy here Tuesday, lashing out at critics who say the president's "America first" posture is dangerously eroding long-established multinational institutions on the global stage. Published December 4, 2018
Pompeo at NATO as U.S. and allies prepare response to Russian aggression in Ukraine
The Trump administration will push America's NATO allies this week to show more "leadership" in confronting Russia over its latest provocations in Ukraine, following Moscow's recent clash with Ukraine's navy in the Kerch Strait. Published December 3, 2018
Trump admin. condemns Iran’s ballistic missile test, wants EU to reimpose sanctions
The Trump administration's point man on Iran policy sharply condemned Tehran's latest ballistic missile test Monday, saying such provocations increase the risk of a "regional conflict" and only strengthen Washington's case for isolating the Islamic republic. Published December 3, 2018
George H.W. Bush remembered as international statesman, coalition builder
It was the swiftness and ease with which he operated on the global stage that cemented President George Herbert Walker Bush's legacy as a great leader who not only protected and advanced America's interests around the world, but did it in a delicate, nuanced way respected by other powers and future allies. Published December 2, 2018
U.S. threatens Iran over illegal rocket exports
President Trump's point man on curbing Iranian aggression offered fresh evidence Thursday that Tehran is violating a United Nations ban on weapons exports by sending rockets and other military equipment to proxies around the Middle East, and warned that the U.S. is prepared to use force to curtail such activity. Published November 29, 2018
Senate vote to advance Yemen bill is rebuke to Donald Trump
The Senate leveled up one of its harshest rebukes to date of President Trump's foreign policy Wednesday, voting overwhelmingly to advance a resolution that could halt American support for Saudi Arabia's ongoing war against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen. Published November 28, 2018
Republicans vying for key spot on House Foreign Affairs committee
House leaders are expected Thursday to resolve an internal GOP battle over who gets tapped as ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs committee -- an influential post that Republicans in the running say will be vital to protecting President Trump's foreign policy agenda when the House is under Democrat control. Published November 28, 2018
Russia-Ukraine Kerch Strait incident tests Donald Trump, U.S. power
Russian President Vladimir Putin is bent on testing American resolve around the world, with a brazen attack on three Ukrainian ships last weekend marking the latest in the former KGB spy's grand strategy to measure the strength of U.S. alliances and challenge the international democratic order. Published November 27, 2018
U.S. watching Syria closely as new chemical weapons allegations swirl
The Syrian and Russian governments say armed "terrorists" in Aleppo carried out a "toxic gas" attack in recent days, a claim opposition forces in war-torn Syrian city are denying. Published November 26, 2018
Theresa May confident on Brexit deal passing
British Prime Minister Theresa May expressed confidence Sunday that she'll be able to push the newly minted Brexit agreement through her nation's Parliament, despite heated opposition from U.K. lawmakers vowing to block the deal that took nearly two years to negotiate with the European Union. Published November 25, 2018
Pompeo backs Trump on Saudi alliance: ‘Mean, nasty world out there’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday bolstered President Trump's assertion that the U.S. will remain a close strategic ally of Saudi Arabia, despite the Saudi royal family being implicated in the murder of dissident Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. Published November 20, 2018
U.S. names al-Baghdadi confidant as ‘Global Terrorist,’ says ISIS ‘down but not out’
The State Department sanctioned a previously unknown lieutenant of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" on Tuesday, signaling ongoing concern among U.S. officials over the terror group's viability in Syria and beyond. Published November 20, 2018
Oh Chong-song, North Korean defector: Youth have ‘no loyalty’ to Kim regime
A 25-year-old North Korean soldier whose brazen escape to South Korea in a hail of gunfire last year made global headlines said Monday that most young people in the North have no loyalty to the government in Pyongyang. Published November 20, 2018
N. Korea destroys guard posts in DMZ
North Korea remains elusive on denuclearization, but on Tuesday showed its desire for a formal peace treaty with South Korea by destroying 10 guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the heavily armed no man's land that has divided North from South since the Korean war was frozen by an armistice in 1953. Published November 20, 2018
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Khashoggi murder, report claims
The CIA believes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of dissident Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi -- a finding that would sharply contradict Riyadh's claim that the crown prince was not involved. Published November 16, 2018
U.S. winning battles but ‘losing the war’ against global jihad, think tank concludes
The U.S. has been effective in battling specific extremist outfits like al Qaeda and Islamic State, but has failed to implement a long-term strategy to crush the deeper global jihadist movement, which is evolving and resurgent even after individual terrorist groups have been defeated. Published November 16, 2018
Chinese media: U.S.-led ‘Quad’ is ‘doomed to fail’
Chinese Communist Party media is dismissing Washington's efforts to create a new financial and security alliance between the U.S., India, Japan and Australia aimed at countering China's desire for expanded economic and military influence across Asia. Published November 15, 2018