Guy Taylor
Articles by Guy Taylor
Saudis slam Senate resolutions on crown prince, Yemen
Saudi Arabia lashed out at Washington Monday, saying the kingdom "rejects any interference in its internal affairs," days after the U.S. Senate blamed the Saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and demanded an end to U.S. support for the kingdom's military campaign in Yemen. Published December 17, 2018
North Korea threatens to kill nuclear talks over human rights sanctions
North Korea threatened Sunday to kill any progress toward denuclearization if the Trump administration continues to increase sanctions pressure and criticize human rights abuses by leader Kim Jong-un's regime. Published December 16, 2018
Donald Trump working on Fethullah Gulen extradition, Turkey claims
Turkey's top diplomat claimed Sunday that President Trump has assured Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that Washington is working on extraditing U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating the failed 2016 coup in Turkey. Published December 16, 2018
Israel-China Haifa port deal triggers U.S. Navy pushback
Israel's decision to allow a Chinese government-connected firm to run a key Israeli port is causing rare friction with Washington amid behind-the-scenes pushback from the U.S. Navy, which has a long history of docking at the port. Published December 16, 2018
Pompeo calls on China to release two Canadians
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday downplayed the notion that Canada is getting caught in the middle of U.S.-China tensions, even as he called on Beijing to release two Canadians it detained this week after Canada had arrested a top Chinese executive at the Trump administration's request. Published December 14, 2018
NATO steps up strategic Ukraine aid after push by Trump administration
NATO said Thursday it will soon supply the Ukrainian military with high-tech, secure communications equipment, a key tactical move roughly a week after the Trump administration pushed on the alliance to take more of a "leadership" role in confronting Russian aggression in Ukraine. Published December 13, 2018
State Department Global Engagement Center targets Russian propaganda, ‘deep fakes’
The State Department is ramping up a secretive counter-propaganda center to fight Russian disinformation efforts in nearly two dozen nations as part of what Trump administration officials say is an expanding push to crush Moscow's "fake news" influence operations around the world. Published December 11, 2018
North Korea lashes out after Donald Trump hits Kim Jong-un regime on human rights
North Korea's state media lashed out at mounting U.S. criticism of Pyongyang's human rights record Tuesday, delivering a blistering commentary just hours after the Trump administration leveled sanctions against three top North Korean officials for their involvement in abuses. Published December 11, 2018
Political table set for battle over Nord Stream 2 in Germany
Is Germany about to yield to pressure from the Trump administration to take a stand against Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline? Published December 7, 2018
Imagery shows North Korean ballistic missile base expansion: Reports
North Korea has clandestinely expanded one of its main long-range missile development bases during recent months, according to new reports based on satellite imagery collected during October and November. Published December 6, 2018
Russia lashes out, threatens to target U.S. allies if Trump kills arms treaty
Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out Wednesday at Washington's threat to pull out of a key Cold War weapons treaty, while a top general warned Russian forces will target European countries hosting American missiles if the U.S. follows through on the threat. Published December 5, 2018
U.S. threatens to pull out of nuclear treaty after Russia found in violation
The Trump administration will officially begin pulling the U.S. out of a key 30-year-old nuclear treaty with Russia in 60 days unless Moscow takes clear steps to come back into compliance with the pact, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday. Published December 4, 2018
Mike Pompeo trumpets Donald Trump’s foreign policy in Europe visit, says critics ‘just plain wrong’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leveled a staunch defense of President Trump's lead-from-the-front foreign policy here Tuesday, lashing out at critics who say the president's "America first" posture is dangerously eroding long-established multinational institutions on the global stage. Published December 4, 2018
Pompeo at NATO as U.S. and allies prepare response to Russian aggression in Ukraine
The Trump administration will push America's NATO allies this week to show more "leadership" in confronting Russia over its latest provocations in Ukraine, following Moscow's recent clash with Ukraine's navy in the Kerch Strait. Published December 3, 2018
Trump admin. condemns Iran’s ballistic missile test, wants EU to reimpose sanctions
The Trump administration's point man on Iran policy sharply condemned Tehran's latest ballistic missile test Monday, saying such provocations increase the risk of a "regional conflict" and only strengthen Washington's case for isolating the Islamic republic. Published December 3, 2018
George H.W. Bush remembered as international statesman, coalition builder
It was the swiftness and ease with which he operated on the global stage that cemented President George Herbert Walker Bush's legacy as a great leader who not only protected and advanced America's interests around the world, but did it in a delicate, nuanced way respected by other powers and future allies. Published December 2, 2018
U.S. threatens Iran over illegal rocket exports
President Trump's point man on curbing Iranian aggression offered fresh evidence Thursday that Tehran is violating a United Nations ban on weapons exports by sending rockets and other military equipment to proxies around the Middle East, and warned that the U.S. is prepared to use force to curtail such activity. Published November 29, 2018
Senate vote to advance Yemen bill is rebuke to Donald Trump
The Senate leveled up one of its harshest rebukes to date of President Trump's foreign policy Wednesday, voting overwhelmingly to advance a resolution that could halt American support for Saudi Arabia's ongoing war against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen. Published November 28, 2018
Republicans vying for key spot on House Foreign Affairs committee
House leaders are expected Thursday to resolve an internal GOP battle over who gets tapped as ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs committee -- an influential post that Republicans in the running say will be vital to protecting President Trump's foreign policy agenda when the House is under Democrat control. Published November 28, 2018
Russia-Ukraine Kerch Strait incident tests Donald Trump, U.S. power
Russian President Vladimir Putin is bent on testing American resolve around the world, with a brazen attack on three Ukrainian ships last weekend marking the latest in the former KGB spy's grand strategy to measure the strength of U.S. alliances and challenge the international democratic order. Published November 27, 2018