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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

Qatar, which hosts Washington's most strategic military base in the Persian Gulf and sits atop some of the word's largest proven natural gas reserves, is the target of an economic and diplomatic blockade from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. stuck in Middle East allies’ feud

While the Trump administration attempts to cool tempers in the nasty row dividing some of America's closest allies in the Middle East, officials in the United Arab Emirates say the crisis is likely only to escalate. Published October 4, 2017

People are searched by Las Vegas police at the Tropicana Las Vegas during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Stephen Paddock, 64, identified as Las Vegas shooting suspect

Law enforcement authorities have identified a 64-year-old Nevada man as the lone gunman in the horrific mass shooting that killed more than 50 people and wounded more than 200 at a concert in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Published October 2, 2017

Finance analysts fear that North Korea has begun using hard-to-trace digital currencies to generate cash and buy goods. (Associated Press/File)

North Korea bitcoin use suspected to skirt sanctions

North Korea may be turning to the shadowy internet currency bitcoin to get around increasingly intrusive U.S.-led sanctions barring its access to the world banking system and fund its missile and nuclear programs, financial experts warn. Published September 25, 2017

Mohammed bin Salman has made global headlines by calling for aggressive reforms in Saudi Arabia to diversify the economy and promote more cultural openness in the nation's notoriously conservative society. (Associated Press/File)

Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia crown prince, rumored to ascend to throne

The arrests in Saudi Arabia last week of more than two dozen perceived opponents of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has prompted speculation that Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Salman may be moving more quickly than regional analysts had predicted toward elevating his ambitious, favored son to the throne in Riyadh. Published September 18, 2017

North Korea's rapid weapons buildup is expected to be a prime focus of President Trump's week in New York meeting with other world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. (Associated Press/File)

North Korea secretly building nuclear submarine: Report

North Korea's military is clandestinely building a nuclear-powered submarine, according to a Japanese newspaper report, the latest provocation by Pyongyang in an escalating clash with the U.S. and its allies in a region already on edge. Published September 17, 2017

FILE - In this May 14, 2012 file photo, King Salman, left, speaks with his son, now Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, as they wait for Gulf Arab leaders ahead of the opening of Gulf Cooperation Council, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The arrests of apparent Islamist sympathizers and critics of the crown prince have thrown an already anxious kingdom into deep unease, raising questions about the country's steadiness as speculation mounts that the crown prince, also known as MBS, could soon replace his father as king. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Arrests spark talk of Saudi leadership shake-up

The arrest in Saudi Arabia this week of more than two dozen opponents of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has prompted speculation that King Salman bin Abdulaziz is accelerating the drive to put his favored son on the throne in Riyadh. Published September 15, 2017

"We need to establish a relationship of respect, expressing desires for cooperation and setting aside propaganda," said Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the Mexican presidential front-runner who casts himself as the ultimate political outsider. (Associated Press/File)

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador calls out Donald Trump during speech in Washington

The man who could be Mexico's next president came to Washington on Tuesday and sharply criticized President Trump's push to build a wall along the border Tuesday, arguing the problem of illegal drugs flowing north from Mexico is fueled by U.S. consumption and won't solved by more security measures. Published September 5, 2017

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korea's Hyunmoo II ballistic missile is fired during an exercise at an undisclosed location in South Korea, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. In South Korea, the nation's military said it conducted a live-fire exercise simulating an attack on North Korea's nuclear test site to "strongly warn" Pyongyang over the latest nuclear test. Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the drill involved F-15 fighter jets and the country's land-based "Hyunmoo" ballistic missiles. The released live weapons "accurately struck" a target in the sea off the country's eastern coast, the JCS said. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

Military strike on North Korea one U.S. option after hydrogen bomb test

The Trump administration was weighing all options Sunday night, including a retaliatory military strike, in response to North Korea's test of a powerful hydrogen bomb that Pyongyang claimed could be mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. Published September 3, 2017

As the U.S. coalition continues its campaign against the Islamic State in Raqqa, many are resigned to the reality that Syrian President Bashar Assad will hold on to power. (Associated Press)

Syria’s Bashar Assad nears civil war victory

Syrian President Bashar Assad is sounding increasingly confident that he will emerge as the victor of his nation's 6-year-old civil war — an assessment that key American allies in the region and a top former U.S. diplomat appear to have accepted. Published August 31, 2017

The North Korean government shows what was said to be the test launch of a Hwasong-12 intermediate range missile on Tuesday as leader Kim Jong-un called for more ballistic missile tests targeting the Pacific Ocean. (Associated Press)

North Korea missile answers Donald Trump’s rhetoric

President Trump has brought a new toughness to U.S. rhetoric toward North Korea, but the Kim Jong-un regime in Pyongyang showed anew this week that it still has the power to decide when and where to escalate the crisis in the region over its nuclear programs and missile tests. Published August 29, 2017

South Korean army soldiers aim their machine guns during the annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise in Yongin, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. In a first, North Korea on Tuesday fired a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said. The aggressive missile launch — likely the longest ever from North Korea — over the territory of a close U.S. ally sends a clear message of defiance as Washington and Seoul conduct war games nearby. (Hong Gi-won/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean jets simulate strike to ‘wipe out’ Kim Jong-un

South Korean fighter jets scrambled Tuesday in response to North Korea's latest ballistic missile test with an aggressive live fire drill that authorities say showed Seoul's ability to surgically destroy Pyongyang's leadership if necessary. Published August 29, 2017

Analysts say Iranian Atomic Chief Ali Akbar Salehi's threat to enrich uranium will force Europe to pressure the U.S. not to abandon the nuclear deal. (Associated Press)

Iran boast on enrichment serves as warning to Trump

Iran's boast this week that it needs only days to ramp up the uranium enrichment needed to produce a nuclear bomb added a new layer of complexity to an internal White House debate over whether President Trump should declare Tehran in violation of the 2015 nuclear accord. Published August 24, 2017

Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson threaded a diplomatic needle last week by backing up President Trump's strong rhetoric against North Korea and immediately adding that he didn't believe there was any imminent threat of a nuclear attack. (Associated Press/File)

Rex Tillerson tempers Donald Trump’s rhetoric

President Trump is in front of the rhetorical brinkmanship with North Korea, but it's Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson who has the tough behind-the-scenes role of managing fallout from the administration's first genuine international crisis, sparked by reports that Pyongyang may now have a nuclear bomb small enough to fit on a missile that could hit the U.S. mainland. Published August 13, 2017

This image made from video of a news bulletin aired by North Korea's KRT on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, shows what was said to be North Korea leader Kim Jung Un, center, applauding after the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea's northwest. North Korea’s announcement that it is finalizing a plan to launch four ballistic missiles over Japan toward the island of Guam has touched off a series of fiery threats from President Donald Trump and upped tensions between Pyongyang and Washington to a whole new level. (KRT via AP Video)

North Korea says Trump ‘better talk and act properly’

The rhetorical brinksmanship between Pyongyang and Washington escalated anew on Saturday, with North Korean state media circulating a report warning that the Trump administration "had better talk and act properly" unless it wants "the American empire to meet its tragic doom." Published August 12, 2017

Despite North Korean bluster that it has the ability to launch a nuclear missile at U.S. bases in the Pacific, and President Trump's heated response, diplomats and politicians countered the threat of conflict is overblown. (Associated Press)

Rex Tillerson, James Mattis back up Donald Trump’s message to North Korea

The State and Defense departments provided backup Wednesday to President Trump's threat a day earlier to rain down "fire and fury like the world has never seen" if North Korea did not curb its nuclear programs, but there was little sign Pyongyang was seeking to ease its threats against the U.S. and its allies in the region. Published August 9, 2017

"If I was able to, I would turn back time by many, many years so that I could have prepared the whole government and the authorities for the situation, which hit us out of the blue in the late summer of 2015," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Germany’s Syria refugee integration slow, improving

Germany is struggling to integrate an unprecedented influx of asylum seekers since 2015, when Chancellor Angela Merkel won praise from human rights groups by announcing that the nation would allow in more than 1 million refugees from Syria and other mainly Middle Eastern war zones. Published August 8, 2017