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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

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, right, shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. (Presidential Press Service/Pool Photo via AP)

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

People wait behind barriers after an explosion in Tunis, Thursday June 27, 2019. The Tunisian Interior ministry said one police officer has died in the suicide bombing targeting a police patrol in a busy commercial street in central Tunis. (AP Photo/Riadh Dridi)

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

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, talks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, as they tour the new NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. NATO countries' heads of states and governments gather in Brussels for a two-day meeting. (Presidency Press Service via AP, Pool)

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

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2018, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center left, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walk together before their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea said Thursday, April 18, 2019, that it had test-fired a new type of "tactical guided weapon," its first such test in nearly half a year, and demanded that Washington remove Pompeo from nuclear negotiations. 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, File)

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

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 22, 2019, before boarding Marine One for the trip to Camp David in Maryland. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference on Monday, April 22, 2019, at the Department of State in Washington. The Trump administration on Monday told five nations — Japan, South Korea, Turkey, China and India — that they will no longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran.  (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

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

An oil tanker is on fire in the sea of Oman, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were reportedly attacked on Thursday, an assault that left one ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated from both vessels and the U.S. Navy rushed to assist amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran. (AP Photo/ISNA)

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

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing for a trip to Iowa, on the South Lawn of White House, Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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

In this June 2, 2019, photo provided on Monday, June 3, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, and his wife Ri Sol Ju, left, clap hands in a musical performance by the wives of Korean People's Army officers in North Korea. 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 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

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives at 10 Downing Street in central London, Tuesday, June 4, 2019. President Donald Trump will turn from pageantry to policy Tuesday as he joins British Prime Minister Theresa May for a day of talks likely to highlight fresh uncertainty in the allies' storied relationship.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok talk to reporters after a meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, June 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis) ** FILE **

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

This Thursday, May 9, 2019, photo provided Friday, May 10, 2019, by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, observing a military test in North Korea. North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles toward the sea on Thursday, South Korean officials said, its second weapons launch in five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks with Washington could be in danger. 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)

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