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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

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a keynote address at the opening dinner of the 17th IISS Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, held in Singapore, Friday, June 1, 2018, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

U.S. watching closely as India in balancing act with China

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has walked a careful line this week toward China, asserting that Delhi and Beijing must "work together" even as he announced a plan supported by the U.S. to develop a new Indian naval port in Indonesia aimed at countering China's growing military and economic prowess. Published June 1, 2018

In this March 27, 2016, file photo, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gives a speech to his followers before entering the highly fortified Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Sadr, the influential maverick Shiite cleric whose political coalition beat out Iran's favored candidates to come in first in national elections, says he wants to form a government that puts Iraqis first. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

Muqtada al-Sadr’s threat to oust U.S. forces reawakens old fears

Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose party finished first in Iraq's national elections last year, is calling the U.S. military an "invader," raising fresh concerns that the Pentagon may face another demand to leave the country before the military mission against Islamic State and other jihadi groups is complete. Published May 30, 2018

Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, with the MORENA party, speaks to supporters during his campaign rally in Tlalpanin, in Mexico City, Thursday, May 24, 2018. Mexico will hold general elections on July 1. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Andres Lopez Obrador widens lead in Mexican presidential race

Leftist presidential candidate Andres Lopez Obrador has widened his already significant lead over the field with just a month to go before voting commences in Mexico's July 1 election -- a contest experts say could have major consequences for the Trump administration's NAFTA talks and U.S.-Mexico relations overall. Published May 30, 2018

In this photo provided by the Iraqi government, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, right, and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hold a press conference in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, early Sunday, May 20, 2018. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose coalition won the largest number of seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections, says the next government will be "inclusive." The May 12 vote did not produce a single bloc with a majority, raising the prospect of weeks or even months of negotiations to agree on a government. (Iraqi Government via AP) **FILE**

Muqtada al-Sadr, Shia cleric, calls U.S. an ‘invader country’ in Iraq

Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose party finished first in Iraq's national elections last year, is calling the U.S. military an "invader," raising fresh concerns that the Pentagon may face another demand to leave the country before the military mission against Islamic State and other jihadi groups is complete. Published May 30, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo releases the annual U.S. assessment of religious freedom around the world, at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pompeo to host religious freedom summit at State Department

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo put a spotlight on the Trump administration's push to bolster religious freedom around the world Tuesday, calling it the "most fundamental of human rights" and declaring that "the United States will not stand by as spectators" while people are persecuted over faith. Published May 29, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, April 16, 2018. (Naohiko Hatta/Pool Photo via AP)

China claims no ‘clue’ of sonic attack on U.S. consulate

Chinese officials say they've probed reports of an American government employee experiencing mysterious sensations from sound and pressure at a U.S. diplomatic facility in China but found nothing to back up the claim. Published May 25, 2018

In this May 22, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump welcomes South Korean President Moon Jae-in to the White House in Washington. Ahead of a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Trump’s focus has been on stagecraft, the untiring will- they-won’t-they drama, and prospects for a legacy-defining nuclear deal. The human rights woes of North Koreans have been more of an afterthought.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Moon scrambles to halt meltdown in North Korea diplomacy

South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged President Trump and Kim Jong Un to quickly find a way to talk directly in hopes of avoiding a total meltdown in diplomacy or a military clash Thursday, hours after Mr. Trump canceled his planned summit with the North Korean leader amid hostile posturing from Pyongyang. Published May 24, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets head of the International Olympic Committee's ethics commission and former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

China ‘will be key’ to Donald Trump’s way forward on North Korea

President Trump's cancellation of the summit with Kim Jong-un amid hostile posturing from North Korea sets the stage for a new wave of brinkmanship and a dramatic expansion of the administration's "maximum pressure" sanctions campaign against Pyongyang. Published May 24, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Pompeo dodges Dem grilling over report on Trump’s cellphone security

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dodged questions Wednesday about whether he's concerned President Trump may be making regular use of a cellphone that lacks top-level security features to protect his personal calls and tweeting from hackers and foreign surveillance. Published May 23, 2018

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro arrives to the government-controlled National Electoral Council to be officially declared the winner of the presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Mike Pompeo vows reciprocal action to Venezuelan expulsion of U.S. diplomats

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday the Trump administration is preparing to "respond reciprocally" to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who kicked out the top two U.S. diplomats in Caracas Tuesday on allegations they tried to sabotage the presidential election there last weekend. Published May 23, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waits to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Mike Pompeo says ‘bad deal not an option’ with North Korea

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said North Korean denuclearization is the "top national security priority," but the Trump administration is also focused on "appropriate countermeasures" to anticipated Russian meddling in the 2018 midterms, knuckling down against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's power grab in Caracas and much, much more. Published May 23, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative public policy think tank, in Washington, Monday, May 21, 2018. Pompeo issued a steep list of demands Monday that he said should be included in a nuclear treaty with Iran to replace the Obama-era deal, threatening "the strongest sanctions in history" if Iran doesn't change course.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Iran pleads with Europe to stand against Donald Trump

A key Iranian political leader called Tuesday on European nations to stand with Tehran against Washington and "show their strength in the face of American pressure" in a bid to salvage the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal following President Trump's withdrawal of the accord. Published May 22, 2018

A protester in Seoul held portraits of President Trump and National Security Adviser John R. Bolton during a rally Friday supporting the U.S. policy to put steady pressure on North Korea. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump, Moon Jae-in to meet on North Korea summit

President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in spoke Sunday to ensure that the U.S. summit with North Korea is still on track, despite Pyongyang's threat to cancel the high-stakes meeting between Mr. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Published May 20, 2018

A man watches a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. North Korea's breaking off a high-level meeting with South Korea and threatening to scrap next month's historic summit with President Trump over allied military drills is seen as a move by Kim to gain leverage and establish that he's entering the crucial nuclear negotiations from a position of strength. Washington and Seoul, which have no intentions to overpay for whatever Kim brings to the table, say international sanctions forced Kim into talks after a flurry of weapons tests. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea summit threat used to hide nuclear weapons

North Korea's abrupt threat this week to pull out of the upcoming summit with President Trump was highly calculated, according to intelligence officials who say Pyongyang wanted to harden its negotiating position against a quick "Libya-style" surrender of its nuclear programs sought by the Trump White House and buy time to hide its nuclear weapons. Published May 16, 2018

A combination of two file photos shows U.S. President Donald Trump, left, in Cleveland, Ohio, May 5, 2018, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, in Panmunjom, South Korea, April 27, 2018.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File) **FILE**

North Korea cancels talks with South, threatens to pull out of U.S. summit: Report

North Korea sent shock waves through the Trump administration's hope for a history-making summit with Kim Jong-un, angrily canceling a planned meeting with South Korean officials Wednesday to protest joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises and calling into doubt President Trump's announced meeting with Mr. Kim in Singapore in less than a month. Published May 15, 2018

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving aboard Marine One, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

How Trump is making it easier for U.S. gun manufacturers to export firearms

The Trump administration took a major formal step Monday toward officially shifting authority from the State Department to the Commerce Department over the approval of U.S. small arms exports, including semiautomatic rifles and weapons ranging in size up to .50 caliber. Published May 14, 2018