Guy Taylor
Articles by Guy Taylor
Donald Trump’s intelligence sharing with Russians overhyped in media, officials say
Some of America's top intelligence officials are expressing frustration at the wave of media hysteria that has greeted reports that President Trump may have shared sensitive intelligence with top Russian diplomats last week, with some saying a handful of news organizations are guilty of hyping what amounts to a nonstory. Published May 17, 2017
North Korea test-fires ‘new type’ of missile, falls into waters between Russia, Japan
North Korea test-launched what officials here called an extraordinarily high-flying and potentially "new type" of missile Sunday. Published May 14, 2017
Veteran U.S. negotiator sees growing China pressure on North Korea over nukes
A former U.S. special envoy to the failed nuclear talks with North Korea says he is now "guardedly optimistic" that China will dramatically increase pressure on North Korea in a bid to force its isolated ally back to the negotiating table. Published May 11, 2017
Moon Jae-in, South Korea election front-runner, risks clash with Donald Trump
A divided public will head to the polls here on Tuesday to pick a successor to impeached former President Park Geun-hye in an election that could dramatically impact U.S.-South Korean relations and intensify political tensions that have heightened over the past year. Published May 7, 2017
South Korean Buddhist monks protest against U.S. THAAD system near Seoul
South Korean Buddhist monks have conducted a two-month meditation protest against the U.S. missile defense system placed near their revered site -- an abandoned golf course near Seoul. Published May 7, 2017
Kim Jon-un claims he dodged a $100K U.S. death plot
North Korea's main secret police agency on Friday accused U.S. and South Korean intelligence agents of a failed but elaborate plot to assassinate the isolated nation's leader Kim Jong-un with "biochemical" and "nano poisonous substances." Published May 5, 2017
Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s likely president, to challenge Donald Trump policies
The front-runner in next week's South Korean presidential election says the U.S. moved too hastily to deploy a major missile defense system here and promises to push a conciliatory policy toward North Korea that might clash with the Trump administration's bare-knuckle approach. Published May 3, 2017
Obama nuclear deal on Iran presidential ballot
Iran's most famous hard-liner, former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is off the ballot -- blocked by the ayatollahs who vet the Islamic republic's acceptable candidates, but the country's spirited presidential race is still shaping up to be a fierce battle over the nuclear deal with the Obama administration and its allies. Published May 1, 2017
Donald Trump’s foreign policy makes impact
It started with taking a protocol-shattering phone call from Taiwan. Then came an almost immediate realignment with Saudi Arabia against Iran, 59 Tomahawk missiles fired at Syria, an increasingly combative posture toward Russia, a massive military strike in Afghanistan and a level of North Korea brinkmanship not seen from U.S. administrations in decades. Published April 27, 2017
ISIS, al Qaeda in talks for terror merger
The Islamic State group and al Qaeda, long rivals for supremacy in the jihadi struggle, are feeling more pressure to combine as the Islamic State loses its territorial base in Syria and Iraq and the still-potent terrorist network founded by Osama bin Laden prepares to welcome legions of foreign fighters fleeing the advancing U.S.-backed coalition, analysts and officials in the region say. Published April 26, 2017
Senate to meet for North Korea briefing at White House
President Trump's top security aides will host an unusual White House briefing on North Korea for the entire U.S. Senate on Wednesday amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula and pressure on Washington to organize an effective response to Pyongyang's increasingly brazen military provocations and nuclear tests. Published April 25, 2017
John McCain: Donald Trump needs to get tougher on China about North Korea
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain suggested Tuesday that he'll push the Trump administration to take a harder line toward China over North Korea's nuclear provocations when senators head to the White House Wednesday for an unusual group briefing on Pyongyang's activities. Published April 25, 2017
CIA employee or contractor believed by authorities to have leaked documents to WikiLeaks
Federal law enforcement authorities believe it was a vetted member of the U.S. intelligence community -- either an official CIA employee or a contractor -- who supplied WikiLeaks with a trove of documents that the anti-secrecy group published last month purporting to expose the agency's vast clandestine cyberoperations. Published April 20, 2017
Rex Tillerson promises hard look at Iranian aggression
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson slammed the Iran nuclear deal Wednesday -- just a day after the Trump administration had begrudgingly acknowledged that Tehran is complying with the terms of the 2015 multinational accord negotiated under former President Obama. Published April 19, 2017
U.S. intercepts 2 Russian bombers off Alaska’s coast
U.S. military officials said a pair of American fighter jets intercepted and escorted two Russian bombers away from Alaska's coastline during a high-stakes encounter in international airspace Monday. Published April 18, 2017
Donald Trump, unlike allies, congratulates Recep Tayyip Erdogan on referendum
Sunday's referendum narrowly granting expansive new powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may distance Turkey from the pro-democracy forces of Western Europe, but could bring it closer to Washington, where the Trump administration has shown itself eager to build counterterrorism alliances with perceived strongmen in the Middle East. Published April 17, 2017
Recep Tayyip Erdogan granted sweeping powers in Turkish referendum vote
Turkish voters chose Sunday to fundamentally restructure their government from parliamentary rule to a presidential system that grants sweeping powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the nation's current ruler and driving force behind the change. Published April 16, 2017
World divides over Trump Syria strikes, awaits next steps
Russia and Iran expressed outrage and U.N. officials responded with caution to President Trump's punitive missile strike against Syria Thursday evening over its suspected use of chemical weapons, but Mr. Trump's first use of U.S. military force also was met with expressions of support for the action from around the world. Published April 7, 2017
Devin Nunes: Susan Rice ‘unmasking’ revelation worth losing investigation leadership
Republican insiders say Rep. Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, got the "genie out of the bottle" regarding suspected misconduct by President Obama's top national security aide, Susan E. Rice, and that his surprise decision Thursday to step aside from leading the panel's probe into Russian meddling in the presidential election was worth it. Published April 6, 2017
Donald Trump, Xi Jinping to meet at Florida summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping's calculated style will come face-to-face with President Trump's off-the-cuff approach to diplomacy Thursday when the two gather at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida for what could be the highest stakes U.S.-China summit in more than a decade. Published April 6, 2017