Guy Taylor
Articles by Guy Taylor
Robert Pittenger, North Carolina congressman, pushes tougher deal scrutiny with eye on China
Lawmakers are pushing to expand government scrutiny of foreign investment flowing into the United States amid concerns over what one congressman says is a "backdoor effort" by China to buy up military-related American tech firms. Published December 12, 2017
Rex Tillerson announces partial easing of State Department hiring ban
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson drew applause from U.S. diplomats Tuesday by announcing at a State Department townhall meeting that he was easing what had been a months-long hiring freeze at the State Department to aid families of department employees. Published December 12, 2017
Donald Trump’s Iran nuclear deal deadline ignored in Congress
Congress is about to miss what was widely seen as a deadline to deal with President Trump's demands for a harder line on the Iran nuclear deal, failing to agree on new sanctions against Tehran and punting the future of the deal back to Mr. Trump. Published December 11, 2017
Saad Hariri, Lebanon PM, back in power as U.S. and others rally against Hezbollah
World leaders rallied Friday behind Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, seeking to re-legitimize him on the international stage days after he rescinded what had been a shock resignation from office last month. Published December 8, 2017
Mikhail Lesin’s death swung attention to Russia after Obama’s intelligence fiasco
That so much of Mikhail Lesin's death remains unexplained more than two years later underscores the deep confusion in Washington over what American spies knew and didn't know about the depths of Russian subversion activities in 2015 and, more broadly, whether Moscow's subsequent election-meddling exposed a major hole in American intelligence. Published December 7, 2017
Leila de Lima, jailed Philippines lawmaker, leads crusade against Rodrigo Duterte
Filipino Sen. Leila de Lima, an outspoken critic of firebrand populist President Rodrigo Duterte, has been in jail since February, but that hasn't stopped her crusade to draw attention to what she calls "flagrant" rights abuses being carried out by the government in Manila. Published December 6, 2017
U.S., Russia alliance in Afghanistan War considered
Top U.S. military commanders and diplomats are weighing a proposed strategy shift in the Afghanistan War centered on expanded military collaboration with Russia. Published November 30, 2017
China bank sanctions as North Korea missile response risk backlash
North Korea's test of its most powerful and sophisticated ballistic missile to date has sparked a heated debate inside the Trump administration over whether to impose broad new sanctions against Chinese banks suspected of laundering money for the rogue regime. Published November 29, 2017
China angered by North Korea’s missile test, but may resist more sanctions
China reacted cautiously Wednesday to the latest North Korean ballistic missile test. Published November 29, 2017
North Korea missile test flouts Donald Trump’s threats
North Korea fired what may be its most sophisticated ballistic missile ever Tuesday, flouting President Trump's threats and international efforts to halt the rogue nation's nuclear weapons program and kicking off what national security experts say is likely the first in a surge of new tests from the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the coming months. Published November 28, 2017
Fresh concern over possible Iran-North Korea nuclear links
A series of high-level meetings between Iranian and North Korean officials has prompted fresh concern in U.S. national security circles about the depth of military and ballistic missile technology cooperation between the two American adversaries, according to a Washington think tank. Published November 28, 2017
Salvador Nasralla, Honduras TV host, might win presidency
An ostentatious TV show host held the lead Monday in Honduras' presidential election -- a surprise development that prompted concern among U.S. officials who'd hoped the Central American nation's current, pro-Washington president would cruise to a second term. Published November 27, 2017
Japan debates constitution’s military passivism
A moral debate is raging across Japan over whether the pacifist constitution American occupiers installed 70 years ago after World War II should be revised so the nation can better prepare itself against a rising China and North Korean nuclear threats. Published November 26, 2017
Japan’s nuclear bomb survivors hope world remembers horror
Remorse courses through the elderly survivors of the American bombs that killed nearly a quarter-million people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but the memories remain potent. Published November 26, 2017
Steve Bannon in Japan, rails against China’s ‘hegemonic’ ambitions
Former Trump administration chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon railed against China's "hegemonic" ambitions Wednesday, telling a crowd in Tokyo that the West and its Asian allies must wake up to communist Beijing's plan to "dominate" the world economy. Published November 15, 2017
Donald Trump calls Asia trip ‘fruitful’ with trade progress, nuclear reassurance
President Trump wrapped up his marathon trip through Asia on Tuesday, citing progress on trade deals, greater respect in foreign capitals for U.S. power and prestige, and reassurance of allies over nuclear tensions with North Korea. Published November 13, 2017
North Korea defector says Kim’s spy network is a major security gap
One of the highest-profile North Korean defectors living in South Korea said Pyongyang continues to operate a wide-reaching spy network inside the South despite soaring tensions on the peninsula. Published November 12, 2017
Seoul interfaith rally calls for reunification of Korean peninsula
The risk is higher today than ever that threatening rhetoric between the U.S. and North Korea could spiral toward war, says a former CIA director who joined a massive rally here of religious leaders from around the world on Saturday in call for peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula. Published November 11, 2017
Russia meddling report to Trump raises questions of motive
Fourteen days before President Trump took the oath of office, the Obama administration's intelligence chiefs made public a unanimous assessment claiming Russian operatives, under orders from President Vladimir Putin, had orchestrated an influence campaign to help Mr. Trump win the presidential contest. Published November 8, 2017
Donald Trump faces pressure to label North Korea a state sponsor of terror before Asia trip
A key Republican on foreign policy is pushing the White House to add North Korea to Washington's official state sponsors of terrorism list before President Trump arrives in East Asia over the weekend on an 11-day tour of the region. Published November 3, 2017