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Guy Taylor

gtaylor@washingtontimes.com

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

Then-Chinese Ambassador to Canada Lu Shaye meets with media at the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP) ** FILE **

France summons Chinese ambassador over ‘mad hyena’ insult

A spat between China and France has burst into the open this week with Paris sharply reprimanding China's ambassador over undiplomatic insults and threats the Chinese Embassy has been hurling at French lawmakers and a key French strategy scholar.

March 24, 2021
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, meets Afgan President Ashraf Ghani at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 21, 2021. Austin arrived in Kabul on his first trip to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, amid swirling questions about how long American troops will remain in the country. (Presidential Palace via AP). **FILE**

Biden decision on U.S. troops in Afghanistan may be imminent

President Biden is facing growing pressure to lay his cards on the table in Afghanistan, as disagreements mount with the U.S.-backed government in Kabul and uncertainty swirls around whether or not the White House will proceed with a May 1 deadline set by the Trump administration for a full U.S. troop pullout.

March 23, 2021
William J. Burns, then-nominee for Central Intelligence Agency director, testifies during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

William Burns confirmed by Senate as CIA director

The Senate unanimously confirmed veteran diplomat William Burns as the new director of the CIA on Thursday, setting the stage for him to take over following the retirement of Gina Haspel, who was director since 2018 and was the first woman to head the spy agency.

March 18, 2021
From left to right, Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pose for a picture before a four Indo-Pacific nations' foreign ministers meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (Nicolas Datiche/Pool Photo via AP)

Joe Biden to host first Quad meeting between U.S., India, Australia and Japan

President Biden on Friday will host a first-ever meeting of the leaders of the so-called "Quad" countries -- the U.S., India, Australia and Japan -- as his administration seeks to build on momentum to combine Asia's most powerful democracies into a more formal grouping to confront and contain China.

March 11, 2021
In this photo taken during a four-day meeting held from Feb. 8, 2021 until Feb. 11, 2021 and provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends at a meeting of Central Committee of Worker’s Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korean. 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)

U.S. to consult allies on North Korean problem

The Biden administration's still-evolving policy for dealing with the North Korean nuclear threat will loom large and may get some clarity as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin make a first visit to Japan and South Korea next week.

March 10, 2021
In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)

Lawmakers urge Biden not to ignore Iran’s support for terrorism

A bipartisan group of 140 members of Congress says it supports the Biden administration's desire to engage with Iran, but only if the goal is to reach a deal that goes beyond simply limiting Iranian nuclear activities and addresses Tehran's ballistic missile programs and support for terrorism.

March 9, 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a plenary session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)

Xi Jinping warns Chinese military to increase readiness

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Tuesday that China faces a "largely unstable" security situation, telling the country's military commanders they must be "prepared to respond" to complex threats that may arise suddenly.

March 9, 2021