Guy Taylor
Articles by Guy Taylor
India’s ICBM test sends warning to China
India test-fired a ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead Thursday, the first such test in more than a year in a show of force by New Delhi that local reports said was designed to send a message to rival China. Published January 18, 2018
Donald Trump claims Russia undermining U.S. on North Korea
President Trump said Wednesday that Russia is undermining U.S. attempts to economically isolate North Korea, suggesting that Moscow is giving Pyongyang vital access to oil and coal supplies in violation of international sanctions. Published January 17, 2018
North and South Korea to march into Olympics under ‘unified’ flag
Not all South Koreans are buying in to President Moon Jae-in's fast-track outreach to the North. Published January 17, 2018
North and South Korea to march together into Olympics under ‘unified’ flag
North and South Korea agreed Wednesday to march together under a "unified Korea" flag into next month's winter Olympics in the south -- an unexpected development that contrasts heightened international tensions over the North's ongoing nuclear and ballistic missile provocations. Published January 17, 2018
Capitol Hill foreign policy panels facing big changes
Big changes are coming for Capitol Hill's two most influential foreign policy bodies — even if the Republicans retain their House and Senate majorities during the midterm elections later this year. Published January 16, 2018
Rogue Venezuelan police officer killed by government forces in Caracas
Venezuelan authorities say they've succeeded in hunting and killing a rebellious police officer accused of carrying out a helicopter and grenade attack against the government last year. Published January 16, 2018
Oliver Ivanovic, Kosovo Serb leader, gunned down; tensions rise
U.S. officials are scrambling to ease tension between Serbia and Kosovo after a local leader accused of war crimes the late-1990s conflict that tore through the region was gunned down Tuesday in a city sharply divided between ethnic Serbs and Albanians. Published January 16, 2018
South Korea floats idea of united Olympic ice-hockey team with the North
South Korea is floating a proposal to create a joint women's hockey team with North Korea for the upcoming Winter Olympics in the South, despite the two nations technically remaining in a state of war against each other. Published January 12, 2018
Rex Tillerson to co-host North Korea summit, but China won’t be there
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will head to Canada next week to co-host a meeting of high-level international diplomats focused on expressing solidarity against North Korea's ongoing nuclear weapons and ballistic missile provocations. Published January 11, 2018
Xi Jinping, China’s president, vows even harder corruption crackdown
Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to knuckle down in his years-old campaign against corruption Thursday, issuing his most blunt call to date for fierce loyalty and discipline from officials within the nation's ruling Communist Party. Published January 11, 2018
Trump admin. condemns Myanmar for jailing Reuters journalists
The Trump administration is calling for the release of two Reuters journalists from custody in Myanmar, where they're being accused of violating a colonial-era government "secrets act." Published January 11, 2018
Donald Trump seen stopping short of killing Iran nuclear deal
With Tehran and U.S. allies in Europe stepping up pressure to preserve the 2015 Iranian nuclear accord, President Trump appears poised to back away from a threat to pull America out of the deal, opting instead for new, albeit more targeted, sanctions against Iranian officials and entities. Published January 10, 2018
Senate Democrats slam Trump with report on Russian meddling
Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hammered President Trump in a new report that claims his administration "has largely ignored" the ongoing threat of Russian meddling designed to undermine democracies across the Western world. Published January 10, 2018
Israeli jets and rockets hit Syria overnight, Syrian army claims
The Syrian army claimed Tuesday that Israeli fighter jets and rockets targeted positions inside the war-torn nation overnight, marking a potential uptick in tensions between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants operating there. Published January 9, 2018
Protesters burn Trump photos in Pakistan as anger grows over Washington’s halt of financial aid
Demonstrators burned large photos of President Trump in Pakistan on Friday, while the Pakistani foreign minister accused Washington of being "erratic in its approach" to the region following the Trump administration's suspension of aid to the South Asian nation. Published January 5, 2018
State Department announces indefinite freeze on security aid to Pakistan
The Trump administration on Thursday suspended nearly all bilateral security aid to Pakistan and called out the Islamabad government over its record on religious freedom, sending an already troubled relationship to a new low in a clash over how to conduct the war against terrorists. Published January 4, 2018
Trump administration threatens to punish Iranian officials who crush protests
The U.S. State Department threatened Thursday to take punitive action against Iranian officials who've killed anti-government protesters or engaged in violence and other aggressive tactics to crush demonstrations that swept the Mideast nation over the past week. Published January 4, 2018
U.S. delays military exercises with South Korea, but warns of manipulation by North
The commander of some 30,000 U.S. troops based in South Korea warned Thursday that North Korea may be trying to drive a wedge between Washington and Seoul by making sudden overtures toward diplomacy with the South. Published January 4, 2018
North-South hotline reopens on Korean peninsula
North Korea said Wednesday it will reopen a telephone hotline with South Korea -- re-establishing a key emergency communications link between the two nations a day after Seoul put forward a proposal for high-level talks with Pyongyang. Published January 3, 2018
Iran protests spread, even as military declares them over
Iran's most influential military commander on Wednesday declared the wave of anti-regime protests rocking nation as over, despite reports that demonstrators continue to fill the streets in more than a dozen cities. Published January 3, 2018