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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

People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missiles with a file image at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. South Korea says North Korean fighter jets have fired missiles off the North's east coast. A South Korean defense official says the North launched several fighter jets after it conducted suspected cruise missile tests on Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Kim Jong-un coronavirus mystery: Rocket launches give hint to infection truth

A fresh barrage of missile launches by North Korea on Tuesday marked the latest in a wave of provocations from Pyongyang, which set a monthly record for launches in March amid mounting uncertainty and unease over the impact the deadly coronavirus pandemic is having on the isolated nation. Published April 14, 2020

In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, file photo, flags of NATO alliance members flap in the wind outside NATO headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

Trump bid forcing NATO members pay up hit by coronavirus

The sudden economic crash sparked by the global COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into question one of President Trump's signature foreign policy goals: getting U.S. allies, particularly NATO members, to pay more for their own defense. Published April 2, 2020

Residents walk through a subway station in Wuhan in central China's Wuhan province on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Skepticism about China’s reported coronavirus cases and deaths has swirled throughout the crisis, fueled by official efforts to quash bad news in the early days and a general distrust of the government. In any country, getting a complete picture of the infections amid the fog of war is virtually impossible. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese coronavirus numbers are inaccurate, U.S. intel says

U.S. intelligence says the number of coronavirus cases and deaths reported by China is inaccurate, with Beijing likely downplaying the size of the outbreak in the country to promote the appearance that authorities there have successfully managed the pandemic. Published April 1, 2020

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, accompanied by State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus, left, arrives to speak at a news conference, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Mike Pompeo outlines blueprint for democratic ‘transition’ in Venezuela

In a departure from past threats to drive Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro from power, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the new policy Tuesday for democratic transition to a new government, one like to have a prominent role for U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido. Published March 31, 2020

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo smiles during a news conference, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Pompeo: ‘27,000 Americans’ repatriated amid global pandemic

A special State Department task force has helped more than 27,000 Americans return to the U.S. homeland from at least 50 countries in recent weeks as part of an ongoing effort to repatriate U.S. citizens amid the global coronavirus pandemic. Published March 31, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, stands with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 23, 2020. Pompeo was in Kabul on an urgent visit Monday to try to move forward a U.S. peace deal signed last month with the Taliban, a trip that comes despite the coronavirus pandemic, at a time when world leaders and statesmen are curtailing official travel. (Afghan Presidential Palace via AP)

Wave of Taliban attacks raise peace deal concerns

The Trump administration's proposed Afghan peace deal in Afghanistan has been thrown further into question by a wave of Taliban attacks that have killed dozens of Afghan security forces while a prisoner exchange at the heart of the peace push remains stalled. Published March 30, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, and Afghanistan's National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib, arrives at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 23, 2020. Pompeo was in Kabul on an urgent visit Monday to try to move forward a U.S. peace deal signed last month with the Taliban, a trip that comes despite the coronavirus pandemic, at a time when world leaders and statesmen are curtailing official travel. (Afghan Presidential Palace via AP)

Mike Pompeo intervention fails to end Afghanistan feud

U.S. announced it was slashing aid to the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan as a feud between its leaders threatens to undermine a delicate peace deal inked last month between the Trump administration and Taliban. Published March 23, 2020

In this Friday, March 20, 2020, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises an artillery firing competition between army units in the country's west in North Korea. 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)

Charles Dunlap: Adversaries eye U.S. focus on coronavirus as opportunity

The coronavirus pandemic has put many of President Trump's signature foreign policy initiatives in quarantine, locking down a string of hoped-for election-year breakthroughs even as China has aggressively used the crisis to elevate its own status on the world stage. Published March 22, 2020

A firefighter disinfects the shrine of Saint Saleh to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, March, 6, 2020. A Health Ministry spokesman warned authorities could use unspecified "force" to halt travel between major cities. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Images may show coronavirus mass graves in Iran, report claims

Iran says it has more than 10,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, but video on social media, as well as satellite imagery showing mass graves in the Islamic republic, suggest the crisis there may be far worse than authorities admit. Published March 12, 2020

A trader walks at the Dubai Financial Market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Regional stock markets were down, reflecting investor concerns and nerves felt globally as oil prices plunge and tourism revenue is eroded by the virus. The World Health Organization on Wednesday officially designated the outbreak a "pandemic." (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

All in: Dubai insists showcase world’s fair still a go for 2020

The Summer Olympics in Japan are in question and a growing number of high-profile events, including Texas' vaunted South by Southwest festival and Barcelona's massive annual tech conference, have already been canceled because of coronavirus. Published March 12, 2020