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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

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, and Kim Yong Chol, left, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, return to discussions after a break at Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

North Korean visit could be prelude to second Kim Jong-un, Trump summit

North Korea's top nuclear negotiator is slated to arrive in Washington Thursday for meetings with the Trump administration, according to diplomatic sources, who say U.S. officials are hoping for a breakthrough in the stalled denuclearization process and a possible second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Published January 16, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, gives a speech at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Pompeo delivered a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration's Mideast policies as he denounced the former president for misguided and wishful thinking that diminished America's role in the region, harmed its longtime friends and emboldened its main foe: Iran. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) **FILE**

Pompeo slams Iran over satellite launch

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sharply condemned Iran's firing of a satellite-carrying rocket into space Tuesday, claiming it was carried out in "flagrant" defiance of a United Nations Security Council resolution that calls on Iran to refrain from any activity relating to ballistic missiles. Published January 15, 2019

In this June 12, 2018, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un walk from their lunch at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (Associated Press) **FILE**

South Korean envoy anticipates second U.S.-North Korea summit

South Korea's top diplomat in Washington believes President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will hold a second summit in 2019 and says progress on denuclearization can come despite a lack of momentum since the two first met in Singapore last June. Published January 9, 2019

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. Erdogan said Turkey's preparations for a new military offensive against terror groups in Syria are "to a large extent" complete. Erdogan made the comments just hours after U.S. national security adviser John Bolton met with Turkish officials seeking assurances that Turkey won't attack U.S-allied Kurdish militia in Syria. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Trump Syria withdraw plan scuttled by Erdogan Kurd offensive plan

The fate of Kurds whom the U.S. relied upon to battle the Islamic State continued to roil President Trump's hope for a Syria troop pullout Tuesday, with Turkey's leader rejecting outright Washington's demand that it hold back on attacking Kurdish forces after American forces depart. Published January 8, 2019

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens to Iraq's President Barham Salih during a joint news conference in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Erdogan has reaffirmed support for Iraq's reconstruction following the end of the fight against the Islamic State group and said the two countries would deepen cooperation against terror groups.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey claims FBI officials visiting Ankara to discuss Gulen

Turkish media claimed Friday that an American delegation including FBI officials was in the second day of meetings in Ankara to discuss Turkey's outrage over U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses of masterminding a failed 2016 coup in the country. Published January 4, 2019

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump ‘America first’ doctrine tested by crises, shifting global order

President Trump's high-wire nuclear diplomacy with North Korea could collapse or achieve a major breakthrough. The same goes for contentious trade talks with China, Mr. Trump's withdrawal of troops from Syria and Afghanistan, an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal and the administration's nuclear brinkmanship with Iran. Published December 31, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a photo opportunity with Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Mike Pompeo hopes to find in Brazil a new ally against China

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will use a trip to South America next week to forge an alliance against rising Chinese influence in the region with incoming Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a hardline conservative who's made headlines by accusing Beijing of trying to "buy" Brazil. Published December 28, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, meets Philippines Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mike Pompeo: North Korea talks not ‘like instant pudding’

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sought to put a positive face on the struggling denuclearization talks with North Korea Thursday -- even as Pyongyang escalated its aggressive rhetoric with a fresh demand that Washington remove a U.S. nuclear umbrella currently protecting South Korea and Japan. Published December 20, 2018

President Trump's announcement Wednesday about the U.S. pulling out of Syria came just days after Turkey said it was poised to carry out an offensive against Kurdish groups inside Syria, though the U.S. relied on the groups for years to battle the Islamic State. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

U.S. withdrawal from Syria may leave Kurdish allies in a lurch

An abrupt U.S. withdrawal from Syria will have major spillover effects on a number of players in the conflict, including Iran, but the biggest short-term impact is likely to be felt by Syria's Kurdish minority, who have provided critical help in the fight against the Islamic State but rely on American protection for their survival in the war zone. Published December 19, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a joint press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP, File)

North Korea denuclearization talks ‘sluggish’ with U.S.

The Trump administration is struggling to inject new momentum into the denuclearization talks with North Korea, amid signs the U.S.-South Korean alliance is facing new strains over Seoul's unwillingness to pay more for American troops stationed in the South. Published December 18, 2018