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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

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, speaks during the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the administration's foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

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

This undated photo provided Sunday, April 17, 2022, by the North Korean government shows leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location in North Korea. It said Sunday the country has successfully test-launched a newly developed tactical guided weapon. The official Korean Central News Agency said Kim observed the launch. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

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

Yehor, 7, stands holding a wooden toy rifle next to destroyed Russian military vehicles near Chernihiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 17, 2022. Witnesses said multiple explosions believed to be caused by missiles struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv early Monday as the country was bracing for an all-out Russian assault in the east. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech during a campaign rally, Feb. 5, 2022 in Reims, eastern France. Marine Le Pen, 53, is considered Macron's main challenger. Le Pen's plans include the end of family reunification, restricting social benefits to the French only, deporting foreigners who stay unemployed for over a year and other migrants who entered illegally in the country. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

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

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting in Beijing, China on Feb. 4, 2022. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

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

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan react on the Blue Room Balcony after signing the Abraham Accords during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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

Mariya, a local resident, looks for personal items in the rubble of her house, destroyed during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the village of Yasnohorodka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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

A Ukrainian soldier secures the area next to the regional government headquarters of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, following a Russian attack, on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says seven people were killed in a missile strike on the regional government headquarters in the southern city of Mykolayiv. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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

Residents lining up for aid watch as Ukrainian soldiers ride atop a tank in the town of Trostsyanets, Ukraine, Monday, March 28, 2022. Trostsyanets was recently retaken by Ukrainian forces after being held by Russians since the early days of the war. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting in Beijing, Feb. 4, 2022. The conflict in Ukraine is looking increasingly like the first major battle of a new Cold War — between the U.S. and China, as the Communist regime in Beijing largely embraced Russia's view of the conflict. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)  **FILE**

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

In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian shake hands after a joint news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

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

In this satellite picture provided by Planet Labs PBC, fire and smoke is seen at Kherson International Airport and Air Base in Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. A suspected Ukrainian strike on the air base damaged Russian helicopters and vehicles Tuesday. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

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