Guy Taylor
Articles by Guy Taylor
Blinken, Austin make stealth visit to Kyiv to meet with Zelenskyy; war in Ukraine enters third month
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made a stealth visit to Kyiv on Sunday night, meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russia's messy invasion rumbled into its third month, ignoring calls for a cease-fire in observance of Orthodox Easter. Published April 24, 2022
Russian forces trying to forcibly deport civilians from Mariupol to Russia, Ukrainian lawmaker says
Russian forces are trying to forcibly deport civilians from the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol to Russia, according to a Ukrainian lawmaker. Published April 24, 2022
Republicans press Biden over Chinese deal for British chip factory
A special congressional task force aimed at countering threats from China is calling on the Biden administration to block the proposed sale of Britain's largest microchip factory to a Chinese company, a firm that U.S. lawmakers say has close ties to the ruling Communist Party in Beijing. Published April 21, 2022
North Korea nuclear test may be imminent as Kim amps up pressure
North Korea will test a nuclear weapon before the end of the year and may do so as soon as next week, according to U.S. national security analysts, who say Pyongyang is increasingly eager to put pressure on President Biden after more than a year of watching his administration's foreign policy moves. Published April 21, 2022
Russian missiles pound cities across Ukraine ahead of anticipated eastern offensive
Russia carried out its widest array of missile strikes against Ukraine in more than two weeks Monday, pounding cities across the country in an apparent attempt to destroy Ukrainian weapons stocks before launching a much anticipated new ground offensive aimed at cleaving off a coastal stretch of the country's east. Published April 18, 2022
Le Pen surges against Macron ahead of French election
French President Emmanuel Macron has positioned himself as the diplomatic linchpin in Western Europe's response to Russian's invasion of Ukraine ahead of France's election on Sunday, but a right-wing opposition candidate could complicate Mr. Macron's path to a second term. Published April 7, 2022
China poised to exploit Russia in exchange for economic help in war
China parrots Russian propaganda on the Ukraine war, sharply criticizes Washington, and may tacitly back Moscow's invasion, but Beijing is also poised to exploit the situation to elevate its own power in the region, a top security aide in the Trump administration said Wednesday. Published April 6, 2022
Demands for Russia to be held accountable mount as Ukrainian civilian deaths outrage world leaders
Demands from world leaders that Russia be held accountable for atrocities and human rights abuses that its military carried out in Ukraine mounted Sunday, as photos of dozens of dead civilians and a mass grave on the outskirts of Kyiv circled the globe. Published April 3, 2022
Bodies, mass grave found near Kyiv; Zelenskyy says Russians carried out ‘genocide’
Russian forces have carried out a "genocide" in Ukraine that has included the torture and murder of children, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday. Published April 3, 2022
Arab, Israeli leaders say Abraham Accords show region must keep pushing for peace
Prominent Arab and Israeli figures say Middle Eastern countries must "keep pushing" for peace a year and a half after the breakthrough Abraham Accords, which cleared the path for diplomatic normalization between Israel and several long-hostile Arab powers, including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco. Published March 31, 2022
Russia resumes shelling of Ukraine cities despite promise to scale back
Russian forces resumed their bombardment near Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities Wednesday, despite pledges just a day earlier to scale back violent military operations in what world leaders had hoped was a sign of a possible breakthrough in talks aimed at persuading the Kremlin to call off its five-week-old invasion. Published March 30, 2022
Russia offers concessions in Ukraine peace talks
Russia said Tuesday that it will scale back its violent invasion of areas near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, giving the first sign of a possible breakthrough in talks aimed at persuading Moscow to end its more than month-old military assault that has left thousands dead and sent nearly 4 million Ukrainians fleeing the country. Published March 29, 2022
Russian, Ukrainian delegations to talk Tuesday as more U.S. troops head to Europe
Violent gun and artillery battles raged anew across several parts of Ukraine Monday, as Russian and Ukrainian delegations prepared to meet in Turkey for their first attempt at cease-fire talks in more than two weeks and the Biden administration announced yet another boost in military support for Kyiv and NATO nations on the front lines of the clash with the Kremlin. Published March 28, 2022
Ukraine intel chief: Putin seeks ‘Korean scenario’ to divide neighbor permanently
The Ukrainian military's top intelligence official said Russian forces are on the verge of shifting tactics toward trying to split Ukrainian territory the same way North and South Korea have been divided since the Korean war was frozen by an armistice nearly 70 years ago. Published March 28, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: House intel panel probing potential Chinese ownership, influence over Forbes
U.S. lawmakers are investigating whether the Chinese government is attempting to control one of America's beacons of free market capitalism -- Forbes Global Media Holdings. Published March 27, 2022
Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state, dies of cancer at 84
Madeleine Albright, a Czech-born refugee who went on to serve as the first female secretary of state in American history, died of cancer on Wednesday at the age of 84. Published March 23, 2022
U.S.-China rivalry spurred by clashing agendas in Ukraine
The conflict in Ukraine is looking increasingly like the first major battle of a cold war between the U.S. and China. As the Biden administration rallies its democratic allies behind the embattled government in Kyiv, the communist regime in Beijing has largely embraced Russia's view of the fight. Published March 23, 2022
Russians lose morale, offensive stuck in neutral as invasion entered its fourth week
The prospect of a widening Chinese role in the conflict that is shifting geopolitical fault lines from Europe to the Middle East lurked prominently in the backdrop as Russia's invasion entered its fourth week. Published March 17, 2022
Nuclear deal critics see fresh warning signs in Tehran-Moscow collaboration
Critics of a revived nuclear deal with Iran say Russia is actively exploiting the Biden administration's ardent desire to clinch a deal, using the war in Ukraine in part to distract the world from Tehran's illicit nuclear weapons activities and to secure major sanctions relief for the Iranian regime. Published March 16, 2022
Biden sets Europe trip as Russia inches forward in Ukraine
President Biden will travel to Europe next week to huddle with top U.S. allies over their ongoing response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the White House said Tuesday in an announcement that came as Russian forces intensified their bombardment of Ukrainian cities and the leaders of three NATO nations made a perilous visit to Kyiv. Published March 15, 2022