Guy Taylor
Articles by Guy Taylor
Putin pulls out of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty amid fears of Cold War-style arms race
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday to formally suspend Moscow's participation in a 30-year-old strategic nuclear treaty, added a fresh layer to mounting international concerns over the prospect of a new Cold War-style arms race between the U.S. and Russia. Published July 3, 2019
Trump-Erdogan meeting fails to clear air on planned missile buy
The U.S.-Turkey standoff over Ankara's plan to buy advanced missiles from Russia will likely escalate in the coming days, according to regional experts, who say President Trump failed to face the issue head on at a meeting with Turkey's leader over the Group of 20 meeting in Japan over the weekend, widening the stage for a diplomatic clash between the two NATO allies. Published July 1, 2019
N. Korea propaganda machine will ‘exploit the hell’ out of Trump-Kim meeting at DMZ, detractors warn
North Korean state media is heaping praise on Sunday's Demilitarized Zone meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un in what analysts say is an attempt by Pyongyang's propaganda machine to help Mr. Kim save face after the high-profile failure of the Hanoi summit four months ago. Published July 1, 2019
U.S.-Tunisia meeting postponed by ISIS bombings
A high-level strategic dialogue planned for next week between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Tunisia's foreign minister has been postponed, officials said Friday, a day after Islamic State suicide bombings rocked the North African nation. Published June 28, 2019
Trump-Recep Tayyip Erdogan G-20 meeting makes Russian S-400 missiles a focus
The Trump administration is threatening a major break with Turkey, blacklisting the NATO ally from access to America's next-generation F-35 fighter jet if Ankara follows through on plans to buy an advanced S-400 missile system from Russia -- a standoff likely to result in friction when President Trump meets with his Turkish counterpart this week. Published June 26, 2019
Kim regime slams Pompeo, sanctions, despite ‘behind-the-scenes’ talks
North Korea slammed the U.S. for extending sanctions against Pyongyang and sharply criticized Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday, even as South Korea's president claimed "behind-the-scenes" talks are underway to arrange a third summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. Published June 26, 2019
Donald Trump imposes fresh sanctions on Iran after shoot-down of Navy drone
President Trump hit Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and top military officials with fresh sanctions Monday in the wake of Tehran's shoot-down of a U.S. Navy surveillance drone, calling the financial penalties "a strong and proportionate response to Iran's increasingly provocative actions." Published June 24, 2019
Mike Pompeo heads to India at ‘unique’ moment against China
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will push for expanded U.S.-India cooperation to counter China's economic and military rise when he visits New Delhi on Tuesday, before heading later in the week to join President Trump at the G-20 gathering of world leaders in Japan. Published June 22, 2019
Iranian state media rejecting report that Donald Trump sent secret warning to Tehran
Iranian state media on Friday disputed a report that President Trump had sent a clandestine overnight message to Tehran via intermediaries in Oman warning that a U.S. attack on Iran was imminent. Published June 21, 2019
Tanker attacks in Strait of Hormuz raise fear of Iran, U.S. conflict
Fears of a military clash between the U.S. and Iran reached new heights Thursday as the Trump administration roundly blamed Tehran for fresh attacks on two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz that left a massive ship in flames, triggered a spike in global oil prices and set nerves on edge over the prospect of a military response from Washington. Published June 13, 2019
Mike Pompeo: Iran is responsible for attacks on oil tankers
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday afternoon that attacks earlier in the day on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman were carried out by Iranian forces. Published June 13, 2019
Kaesong Industrial Complex reopening could help spur denuclearization, South Korea businessmen say
A group of South Korean businessmen who own factories inside a shuttered joint industrial complex between North and South Korea is pressing the Trump administration to allow the complex to reopen as a way to boost detente on the divided Korean Peninsula and spark movement in stalled denuclearization talks with Pyongyang. Published June 11, 2019
Donald Trump lauds Kim Jong-un on summit anniversary as critics cry foul
On the eve of the first anniversary of his precedent-shattering summit in Singapore with Kim Jong-un, President Trump heaped fresh praise on the North Korean leader Tuesday even as critics, including some conservatives, complained that Pyongyang had made no real progress on denuclearization over the past year despite Mr. Trump's intense personal diplomacy. Published June 11, 2019
North Korea is not denuclearizing as Singapore summit anniversary approaches
North Korea has made no serious progress on denuclearization, according to conservative experts, who say the Trump administration should more aggressively enforce sanctions against Pyongyang ahead of Wednesday's one year anniversary of President Trump's Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Published June 11, 2019
Mike Pompeo: ‘We will do the things necessary as the climate changes’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he's firmly convinced "the world will be successful" in overcoming any challenges caused by climate change, especially if America fosters a growing economy in which "structural innovators and creative people can go build out solutions" to problems that might be on the horizon. Published June 7, 2019
Mike Pompeo: ‘Sounds great’ if Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro ends up in European villa
A push by leaders in Norway to facilitate talks toward a negotiated settlement of Venezuela's political standoff will have the Trump administration's support only if the talks are built from the premise that socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro step down, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Published June 7, 2019
Mike Pompeo: U.S. not pushing for regime change in Iran
The U.S. is not pursuing a policy regime change in Iran, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who says the Trump administration is committed to a strategy of applying economic pressure to get the Islamic republic's existing leadership to "behave like a normal nation." Published June 7, 2019
Susan Pompeo makes diplomatic families her mission
Susan Pompeo has made it her mission to ease the difficult transition faced by rank-and-file American diplomats. Published June 6, 2019
Mike Pompeo: Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ discards multilateralism that no longer works
President Trump is not trying to tear apart the European Union. He is also not bent on abandoning any of the big multinational institutions -- NATO, the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and others -- that the U.S. built up after World War II. Published June 6, 2019
Mike Pompeo says North Korea denuclearization demands unchanged despite threats
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday brushed aside North Korean demands that the Trump administration soften its nuclear negotiating posture, saying the Trump administration remains open to talks with Pyongyang, despite provocative rhetoric recently issued by the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's regime. Published June 4, 2019