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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

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's pugnacious proclamations on foreign policy — including NATO, nuclear proliferation and a border wall with Mexico — have sparked reactions ranging from curiosity to outrage among U.S. allies. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump inspires outrage, amusement, respect among U.S. rivals Iran, Russia, China

China's state media have called him "bigmouthed" and a "clown," although polls and Internet chat sites show many ordinary Chinese respect his business acumen. Russian President Vladimir Putin has heaped praise on him, and other Russians think he will take a less ideology-driven approach than President Obama -- or Hillary Clinton -- toward Moscow. The Iranians are still trying to figure him out. Published May 15, 2016

In this Feb. 9, 2016 file photo, Director of the National Intelligence James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

GOP lawmakers back effort to screen social media accounts for security clearances

Republican lawmakers voiced support Friday for authorities to look more closely at things like the Facebook and Instagram accounts of applicants for government security clearances -- a day after the Obama administration issued new guidelines for using publicly-available social-media information in federal background checks. Published May 13, 2016

On the Decline: U.S. and allied forces have been making significant gains against the notorious Islamist terror group Boko Haram, but analysts believe the group would have been defeated long ago were it not for rampant Nigerian military corruption. (Associated Press)

Boko Haram ‘on the defensive’ as U.S., allies prepare to escalate fight

A high-level delegation of U.S. diplomats will huddle with their African counterparts in Nigeria this weekend in hopes of escalating the fight against Boko Haram, just as analysts say signs of real progress are finally emerging in the fight against the brutal jihadi terror group. Published May 12, 2016

Recep Tayyip Erdogan slams EU’s demands in fight on terrorism

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out Tuesday at what he said was pressure from European Union leaders for his nation to ease its anti-terrorism laws, claiming that Europe — unlike Turkey — is provides refuge for groups that support terrorists. Published May 11, 2016

North Koreans carry umbrellas as they walk past the House of Culture, decorated in the colors and flags of their ruling party, the Workers' Party, in Pyongyang. Members of North Korea's ruling party have gathered in Pyongyang ahead of their biggest political conference in decades. (Associated Press photographs)

Workers’ Party congress a choreographed power play for Kim Jong-un

North Korea will open Friday its once-in-a-generation party congress, a five-day spectacle of political theatrics in Pyongyang, where young dictator Kim Jong-un is expected take center stage for a final consolidation his power in the isolated and nuclear-armed nation. Published May 5, 2016

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Kyodo News via Associated Press/File)

Shinzo Abe, Vladimir Putin to meet as U.S. pursues Japan’s support

Even as the Obama administration seeks to forge a united front with its allies against Russia, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in what many see as the latest twist to Tokyo's balancing act between Moscow and Washington. Published May 4, 2016

A flag bearer holds the American flag as American forces take part in the opening ceremony of Flintlock, anti-terrorism training in Thies, Senegal, Monday,  Feb. 8, 2016. Flintlock is annual military exercises  that focuses on anti-terrorism and security training by American and European security forces to country's taking part.  (AP Photo/Jane Hahn)

U.S. military currently unable to handle major crisis: Study

U.S. military readiness has deteriorated over the past year, according to a new study by a conservative think-tank that said the four service branches are unable to "meet their day-to-day requirements" and lack the "operational depth required to respond to a major crisis." Published May 4, 2016

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, gestures next to Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, left, during a meeting on Syria in Geneva, Switzerland, May 2, 2016. (Denis Balibouse/Pool Photo via AP)

John Kerry vows not to let Aleppo fall to Syrian President Bashar Assad

Secretary of State John F. Kerry vowed Tuesday not to allow Syria's largest city and onetime moderate opposition stronghold of Aleppo to fall to the regime of Syrian president Bashar Assad -- even if that means abandoning the fragile cease-fire that U.S. officials have been trying to uphold in the war-torn nation. Published May 3, 2016

This image made from video released by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group purportedly shows Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked militant. Libyan officials found a mass grave on Dec. 23, 2018, with 34 Ethiopian Christians slain by ISIS terrorists in 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Religious freedom under threat worldwide: U.S. report

Citing the Islamic State's attacks on Christians and other religious minorities, rising bigotry against Jews and Muslims in Europe and Beijing's campaign against churches in China, a new U.S. government report said Monday that attacks on religious freedom have grown measurably around the world over the past year. Published May 2, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a foreign policy speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Trump's highly anticipated foreign policy speech Wednesday will test whether the Republican presidential front-runner, known for his raucous rallies and eyebrow-raising statements, can present a more presidential persona as he works to unite the GOP establishment behind him. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump outlines ‘America first’ foreign policy vision

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took a swipe at neoconservatism Wednesday, arguing in a major foreign policy address that the U.S. shouldn't be in the "nation-building business" and suggesting Washington should be more willing to work with unsavory regimes as long as doing so advances American interests and creates "stability in the world." Published April 27, 2016

President Barack Obama walks with Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr., his nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Obama chose the widely respected, combat-hardened commander who led the Afghanistan war coalition during a key transitional period during 2013-2014 to succeed Army Gen. Martin Dempsey. Walking behind them is Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Defense bill amendment targets Obama micromanagement, gives Pentagon leverage

A key congressional Republican hopes to use a major new defense bill to give the Pentagon more leverage in policy fights with President Obama's White House aides, following complaints from past defense chiefs that the West Wing has tried to micromanage the country's security and military. Published April 25, 2016

CIA Director John Brennan participates in the Senate Intelligence Committee's hearing on worldwide threats on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 9, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John Brennan, CIA chief, in Bosnia on unannounced counterterrorism visit

The Obama administration dispatched CIA Director John O. Brennan to Bosnia and Herzegovina for a series of counterterrorism meetings Friday amid ongoing concern among intelligence officials that the Islamic State terror group aims to open a front in southeastern Europe. Published April 22, 2016