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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

Police detain a supporter of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan who with others are protesting against the arrest of their leader, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Khan can be held for eight days, a court ruled Wednesday, a day after the popular opposition leader was dragged from a courtroom and arrested on corruption charges, deepening the country's political turmoil. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Political unrest, mob violence rock nuclear-armed Pakistan

Political unrest has surged this week in Pakistan, with police cracking down on supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan amid protests and violence in the nation following his arrest this week. Published May 11, 2023

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, Friday, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pompeo: U.S. must recognize China-North Korea nuke connection

The U.S. should view China and North Korea as "part and parcel of a single entity," according to former CIA Director and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who says the Biden administration must be more clear-eyed about the links between Chinese and North Korean nuclear weapons programs. Published May 4, 2023

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, listens as President Joe Biden speaks during the closing session at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on promoting food security and food systems resilience in Washington, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

U.S. steps up its game, but China has a head start in Africa

The Biden administration is pushing a revamp of lagging U.S. relations with Africa with a charm offensive that has included a summit of continental leaders in Washington, a parade of high-level diplomatic visits to resource-rich nations and promises of vast private investments. Published April 14, 2023

This image made from video provided by WCVB-TV, shows Jack Teixeira, in T-shirt and shorts, being taken into custody by armed tactical agents on Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Dighton, Mass. (WCVB-TV via AP)

Low-level National Guard Airman arrested over sensational intel leaks

The FBI on Thursday arrested 21-year-old National Guard Airman Jack Teixeira in connection with a massive leak of highly classified U.S. intelligence documents, while suspicions deepened that the leak might have become intertwined with a disinformation and influence operation run by a foreign adversary of the United States. Published April 13, 2023

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds a year end international press conference at the government headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP) ** FILE **

Hungary’s Orban sees U.S. as a top adversary, purported CIA leak shows

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban -- a conservative leader often accused by left-leaning critics of being Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest ally inside NATO and the European Union -- views the U.S. as one of the top three adversaries of his ruling Fidesz Party. Published April 12, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping toast during their dinner at The Palace of the Facets is a building in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Pavel Byrkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Xi and Putin are ‘soulmates,’ former U.S. intel official warns

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are "soulmates," says a former high-level CIA official, who warns Washington should prepare for increased Sino-Russian coordination toward the goal of unseating the U.S. as the world's top superpower. Published April 5, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, shakes hands with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen after delivering statements to the press after a Bipartisan Leadership Meeting at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Wednesday, April 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Taiwan’s Tsai invokes Reagan at high-stakes meeting with McCarthy

Taiwan's president invoked the Cold War-era legacy of former President Reagan during her highly anticipated meeting with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California on Wednesday, warning that "democracy is under threat" and underscoring the need to keep "the beacon of freedom shining." Published April 5, 2023

A supporter of former President Donald Trump protests outside Trump Tower in New York, Monday, April 3, 2023. Trump is expected to be booked and arraigned on Tuesday on charges arising from hush money payments during his 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

A global divide over Trump and the state of U.S. democracy after indictment

The indictment of former President Donald Trump in New York City has sparked reactions not just in U.S. political circles but around the world, from some Trump allies abroad coming to his defense to U.S. adversaries pouncing on the development as a sign of American political chaos. Published April 4, 2023

President Joe Biden speaks during a Summit for Democracy virtual plenary in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

China, Russia disparage Summit for Democracy as Biden gathers 120 world leaders

China is seizing on the Biden administration's "Summit for Democracy" as an opening to ramp up its anti-American propaganda and push its alternative vision for a new world order, dismissing the D.C. gathering this week as a "farce" that "enhances U.S. efforts to "interfere in other countries' internal affairs." Published March 29, 2023