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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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Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a photo opportunity with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu at the State Department, Nov. 8, 2021, in Washington. The Biden administration is stepping up pressure on Russia over a buildup of troops along its frontier with Ukraine. As Blinken prepared to meet his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington on Wednesday, the top U.S. diplomat for Europe said the administration is watching the border situation closely and would regard any escalation with deep concern. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool, File)

Blinken warns Russia over troop buildup, regional aggression

The Biden administration said Wednesday it fears Russian forces may be on the verge of entering Ukraine to "rehash" the chaos that resulted in Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014, warning the Kremlin that the U.S. and its allies are committed to helping Ukraine defend itself.

November 10, 2021
In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan pose for a photo on the Blue Room Balcony after signing the Abraham Accords during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. The bloodshed in the Gaza Strip has unleashed a chorus of voices across Gulf Arab states that are fiercely critical of Israel and emphatically supportive of Palestinians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

EXCLUSIVE: Trump was ‘very close’ to getting Saudis to normalize ties with Israel

The Trump administration was "very close" to getting Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords last year, according to former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, who says the Biden administration has squandered the momentum to expand the historic normalization agreements between leading Gulf Arab powers and Israel.

November 7, 2021
Iraqi Security forces close the heavily fortified Green Zone as they tightened security measures hours after an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. Al-Kadhimi survived the attack by armed drones that targeted his residence early Sunday and officials said he escaped unharmed. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iran looks to shift blame for Iraqi assassination attempt to U.S.

Iran on Sunday insinuated the U.S. was behind a drone attack assassination attempt on Iraq's prime minister, despite evidence suggesting the attack was actually carried out by Tehran-backed militias with a history of using drones to wreak havoc in Baghdad.

November 7, 2021
In this Nov. 17, 2007, file photo, a worker repairs a part of a unit of the Tehran oil refinery in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) ** FILE **

China upholding Iranian regime with oil purchases

Chinese purchases of Iranian oil have steadily increased since President Biden arrived in office, with Beijing's blatant flouting of U.S. sanctions on the Islamic republic providing an economic lifeline to hardliners in Tehran.

November 4, 2021
A TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch with file footage is seen at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea on Tuesday in a continuation of its recent weapons tests, the South Korean and Japanese militaries said, hours after the U.S. reaffirmed its offer to resume diplomacy on the North's nuclear weapons program. A part of Korean letters reads: "Fired a ballistic missile." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea believed to have tested sub-launched missile in latest provocation

North Korea on Tuesday carried out what authorities believe was the isolated nation's third submarine-launched ballistic missile test, a fresh provocation at a moment when the Biden administration is pleading with the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to reenter stalled talks over its nuclear programs.

October 19, 2021
Former US Vice President Mike Pence holds a speech during the 4th Budapest Demographic Summit in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. The biannual demographic summit, which was first organized in 2015, offers a forum for "pro-family thinker" decision-makers, scientists, researchers, and church representatives of the same sort to exchange their thoughts about connections between demographics and sustainability. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

Pence calls on Biden to show ‘strength’ on North Korea and China

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday said the Biden administration should apply "maximum pressure" on North Korea but keep open the possibility of talks with its leader Kim Jong-un, replicating the approach President Trump used to engage the dictator.

October 16, 2021
In this Oct. 26, 2010, file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr. Iran’s sole nuclear power plant has undergone a temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on Sunday, June 20, 2021. An official from the state electric energy company, Gholamali Rakhshanimehr, said on a talk show that the Bushehr plant shutdown began on Saturday and would last "for three to four days.” (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)

U.S. ready, but Iran stalls in nuclear talks, Biden envoy says

President Biden's point man on Iran policy said Wednesday that the administration has spent more than six months telling Iran that Washington is prepared to remove sanctions former President Trump imposed on Tehran when he pulled the U.S. out of the Obama-era nuclear deal, as long as the Iranians agree to return to the agreement that curbs their suspect nuclear programs.

October 13, 2021
In this photo released on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, by the Iranian army, drones are displayed prior to a drill, in an undisclosed location in Iran. The Iranian military began a wide-ranging, two-day aerial rill in the country's north, state media reported, featuring combat and surveillance unmanned aircraft, as well as naval drones dispatched from vessels in Iran's southern waters. (Iranian Army via AP) ** FILE **

Iran smuggling high-tech drones to militant allies, opposition group says

Iran's theocratic regime has ramped up its drone manufacturing operation in recent years and is now smuggling an increasingly sophisticated slate of the weaponized remote control aircraft to allied militant groups around the Middle East, according to intelligence gathered by a leading Iranian dissident group.

October 6, 2021
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a parliament meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. 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 Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Pyongyang ‘disappointed’ with Biden, former CIA North Korea chief says

The former top U.S. intelligence official on North Korea says Kim Jong-un's regime is "disappointed" with Biden administration policy so far, saying Pyongyang likely hoped the new U.S. administration would have delivered a "concrete roadmap" for restarting stalled nuclear talks by now.

October 5, 2021