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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

South Korean army soldiers stand near barricades at the Unification Bridge, which leads to the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea reinstalling massive propaganda speakers along DMZ

The North Korean military is erecting massive loudspeakers along its southern border to blast angry propaganda into South Korea in the latest sign that relations between the two have soured since a brief thaw that surrounded denuclearization talks in recent years. Published June 22, 2020

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, left, and Muhammed Tahir Siyala, Foreign Minister of Libya's internationally-recognized government, gspeak at the airport, in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, June 17, 2020.(Fatih Aktas/Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool)

U.S. absence in Libya civil war allows Turkey, Russia proxy fight

Libya's slow-burning civil war is boiling over once again as an expanding proxy war between Turkey and Russia, each of which is seeking greater influence in the oil-rich North African nation and across the region in the absence of a clear U.S. policy or role in the conflict. Published June 18, 2020

An Indian man burns a photograph of Chinese president Xi Jinping during a protest against China in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. At least three Indian soldiers, including a senior army officer, were killed in a confrontation with Chinese troops along their disputed border high in the Himalayas where thousands of soldiers on both sides have been facing off for over a month, the Indian army said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India, China troops clash in Himalayans killing 20

Scores of Indian and Chinese soldiers were killed or fell to their deaths in a Himalayan clash Monday that marked a sudden and unexpected escalation of a long-running border dispute and the most violent encounter between the nuclear armed Asian rivals in decades. Published June 16, 2020

In this Aug. 23, 2019, file photo, Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine who was arrested for alleged spying in Moscow on Dec. 28, 2018, speaks while standing in a cage as he waits for a hearing in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Paul Whelan, American, sentenced to 16 years in Russia on spying charges

The Trump administration and lawmakers from both parties slammed Russia's sentencing of American security executive Paul Whelan to 16 years in prison on spying charges Monday, after what Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called an "appalling" and "secret trial" in Moscow. Published June 15, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 7, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/Pool Photo via AP)

Benjamin Netanyahu set to annex West Bank Jewish settlements

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to stir the pot anew by the end of the month by fulfilling a campaign promise to annex a large swath of Jewish settlements in the West Bank that Palestinians and much of the rest of the world say is their land. Published June 11, 2020

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press briefing at the State Department on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Washington. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. reopens consulate in Greenland amid race for Arctic supremacy

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo formally announced the reopening of the U.S. consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on Wednesday, framing the development as a strategic move within the Trump administration's ongoing push to expand America's presence and influence in the Arctic region. Published June 10, 2020

In this March 2, 2019, file photo, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam. North Korea has threatened to end an inter-Korean military agreement reached in 2018 to reduce tensions if the South fails to prevent activists from flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border. The powerful sister said Thursday, June 4, 2020, the North could permanently shut a liaison office with the South and an inter-Korean factory park in the border town of Kaesong, which have been major symbols of reconciliation between the rivals.  (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP, File)  **FILE**

North Korea lashes out, says it will cut ties with South Korea

North Korea lashed out despite South Korea's calls for new talks Tuesday, saying it was freezing all communication channels and vowing to treat Seoul as an "enemy" in what analysts say may be the opening of a belligerent wave of provocations from Pyongyang. Published June 9, 2020

In this Oct. 16, 2016, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, front and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands with leaders at the BRICS summit in Goa, India. Tensions along the China-India border high in the Himalayas have flared again in recent weeks.  Indian officials say the latest row began in early May when Chinese soldiers entered the Indian-controlled territory of Ladakh at three different points, erecting tents and guard posts. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

India, China border flare-up sparks fears of wider clash

The high-altitude row over a long-disputed Himalayan border territory has included fistfights between Indian and Chinese troops in recent weeks. It also has caused growing unease in Washington, where President Trump's offers to mediate have been brushed aside by New Delhi and Beijing. Published June 8, 2020

In this Oct. 10, 2019 file photo, an Indian schoolgirl wears a face mask of Chinese President Xi Jinping to welcome him on the eve of his visit in Chennai, India. Tensions along the China-India border high in the Himalayas have flared again in recent weeks.   (AP Photo/R. Parthibhan, File) **FILE**

U.S. seeks role as China, India face off at border

As if the world didn't have enough problems, the two most populous and nuclear armed countries -- India and China -- are now at each other's throats in a long-running border cold war that has suddenly become very hot. Published June 6, 2020

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pleaded Thursday for allies to pledge toward a goal of over $700 million in the fight against the Islamic State. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

U.S. presses allies to keep up Islamic State fight

The Trump administration is pressing U.S. allies to boost funding for the global fight against Islamic State, saying Iraq still needs help in battling the terror group's still-potent remnants even as U.S. forces pull back from front-line positions. Published June 4, 2020

In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, file photo the original American Express 'Green Card' top, shown with the latest version of the card in New York.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) **FILE**

Spat involving Russian bank, Eurobonds and Vodka owner gets ugly

The issuer of American Express credit cards in Russia is embroiled in a messy conflict with creditors that offers a window into a complex web of international financial problems expected to become increasingly prevalent as creditors around the world scramble to get paid back in a global economy struggling through the COVID-19 era. Published June 4, 2020

This Dec. 22, 2018, file photo shows a pump jack over an oil well along Interstate 25 near Dacono, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Oil price crash alters priorities, greases skids to new world order

The sustained plunge in global oil prices has brought deep, unexpected shifts on the geopolitical landscape, with impacts felt in the Arctic and the Middle East, and in the fortunes of the American heartland and the future of the Russian-Chinese strategic alliance. Published May 28, 2020

People cross as riot police stand guard during a protest in the Central district Hong Kong, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. U.S. Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo has notified Congress that the Trump administration no longer regards Hong Kong as autonomous from mainland China. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Mike Pompeo accuses China of stripping Hong Kong’s freedom and autonomy

The Trump administration said Wednesday that China has effectively stripped Hong Kong of its promised democratic freedoms and the city no longer deserves a raft of U.S. trade and investment privileges, fueling rising U.S.-Chinese tensions and throwing into question the island territory's status as a global financial powerhouse. Published May 27, 2020