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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

In this photo taken Oct. 16, 2015, Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. According to a Trump official, Pompeo to be nominated for CIA director. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mike Pompeo, Trump CIA pick, wins strong reviews on Capitol Hill

President-elect Donald Trump's selection of Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo, a former Army officer, businessman and prominent Republican hawk, to head the CIA drew praise Friday from lawmakers of both parties and appeared to be on track for a relatively easy confirmation on the Hill. Published November 18, 2016

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (center) made a stop in New York to meet with President-elect Donald Trump while en route to an APEC meeting in Lima. He later describe the encounter as "cordial and candid." (Associated Press)

Shinzo Abe has ‘cordial and candid’ first meeting with Donald Trump

President-elect Donald Trump held his first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader Thursday night, as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe traveled to Trump Tower hoping to build trust with the incoming administration despite harsh rhetoric Mr. Trump hurled at Japan and U.S. allies during the campaign. Published November 17, 2016

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, who has worked in the U.S. intelligence community for a half-century, officially submitted his resignation on Thursday, saying he is contented with the decision to retire. (Associated Press)

James Clapper’s resignation gives Trump another hole to fill

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper abruptly announced plans to step down Thursday after six sometimes-contentious years in the post, opening another gap in the growing list of top national security posts the incoming Trump administration will have to fill in the coming weeks. Published November 17, 2016

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the surprise presidential election of Donald Trump last week will have no effect on his country or on the multinational nuclear deal. (Associated Press)

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani unfazed by Trump’s Iran nuclear deal opposition

Iran's top leaders on Wednesday rejected the idea that Donald Trump's surprise victory undercuts the international deal to curb Tehran's nuclear programs, as a top contender for secretary of state in the Trump administration said he doubts the president-elect will "just rip the agreement up" on his first day of office. Published November 16, 2016

Russian airstrikes have been targeting opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, including those supported by the U.S. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s talk of teaming with Russia against ISIS draws pushback on Hill

President-elect Donald Trump's talk of direct U.S.-Russian military coordination in the war against the Islamic State in Syria is already drawing criticism on Capitol Hill and has Pentagon and State Department officials scrambling over how to implement the sharp shift in policy in the months ahead. Published November 15, 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin heads a meeting on military industry issues in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

John McCain slams prospect of Donald Trump ‘reset’ with Russia

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain issued a sharp warning Tuesday against the prospect of reset in U.S.-Russia relations -- a day after President-elect Donald Trump engaged in an extensive phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Published November 15, 2016

Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

John Bolton calls for major NATO and U.N. reforms

Former George W. Bush administration foreign policy hawk John Bolton says President-elect Donald Trump's win, coupled with the recent "Brexit" vote, presents a unique moment for the U.S. and Britain to get together behind a push for major change in the current world order. Published November 15, 2016

Sources say retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn the probable pick for the Trump administration's national security adviser. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump weighs foreign policy, security team

Names are already circulating over whom President-elect Trump will pick for his Cabinet's top national security and foreign policy posts, but there are more questions than answers at this point as uncertainty swirls over who will fill key posts at both the Pentagon and State Department. Published November 14, 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin was among the first foreign leaders to send congratulatory messages to President-elect Donald Trump. Heads of state in China, Turkey, Iran and Egypt also voiced words of support for the Republican winner. (Associated Press)

Vladimir Putin among first world leaders to offer Donald Trump congratulations

Donald Trump got a host of congratulatory messages from authoritarian regimes around the globe Wednesday -- from Egypt to Turkey and China -- but some of the warmest words came from Moscow and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who appeared eager to seize on perceptions that Mr. Trump wants to repair U.S.-Russia relations strained during the Obama years. Published November 9, 2016

Taliban leaders on Wednesday issued a statement calling for President-elect Donald Trump to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

Jihadi terrorist groups see opportunity with Trump election

Jihadi terrorist groups in the Middle East and Southwest Asia are looking to leverage the election win of Donald Trump as president of the United States as a call to arms on social media, while others are reaching out to the next administration in an attempt to end U.S. involvement in their countries. Published November 9, 2016

Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shake hands after a joint statement at Los Pinos, the presidential official residence, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) ** FILE **

Mexico reacts to Donald Trump victory; peso takes a battering

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto responded to Donald Trump's victory by calling for continued partnership with the U.S. and expressing hope that economic and political ties between the two nations won't be damaged by a Trump presidency. Published November 9, 2016

"Holding your ground with honor is a thousand times easier than retreating in shame," Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi told fighters in an audio recording, according to Agence France-Presse. (Associated Press)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi message a sign of trouble for ISIS, Pentagon says

An audio recording purportedly circulated this week by reclusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may be proof that communications have broken down between the terrorist group's top leaders in Syria and its rank-and-file fighters in the besieged city of Mosul, the Pentagon said Thursday, as coalition forces continued their advance on Iraq's second-largest city. Published November 3, 2016

This file image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq during his first public appearance. Al-Baghdadi released a new message late on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, encouraging his followers to keep up the fight for the city of Mosul, which they are defending against Iraqi government forces, the SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S. organization that monitors militant activity online said Thursday. (Militant video via AP, File)

Pentagon won’t verify recording by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS leader

A recording purportedly from the Islamic State's shadowy leader circulated through the international media Thursday, calling on the terror group's fighters to hold their ground as campaigns mount against territory held by the group in Syria and Iraq. Published November 3, 2016

Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen is accused of orchestrating the coup attempt last year of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Associated Press/File)

Post-coup crackdown widens in Turkey; opposition paper targeted

A top European Union politician and leading human rights group slammed the government of Turkey on Monday for shuttering more than a dozen private media outlets and arresting 11 journalists at a key opposition newspaper. Published October 31, 2016