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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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President Donald Trump meets with Korean President Moon Jae-in​ at the InterContinental Barclay hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Moon Jae-in, Trump discuss softer style in North Korea nuke talks

President Trump and his South Korean counterpart held a high-stakes meeting on the sidelines of the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting Monday to talk through Mr. Trump's strategy ahead of a possible third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the coming months.

September 23, 2019
In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korean army soldiers, wearing helmets, inspect at the dismantled North Korean guard post inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the central section of the inter-Korean border in Cheorwon, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. Dozens of North and South Korean soldiers crossed over the world's most heavily armed border Wednesday as they inspected the sites of their rival's front-line guard posts to verify they'd been removed, part of inter-Korean engagement efforts that come amid stalled U.S.-North Korea nuclear disarmament talks. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

North Korea war remains excavation stops in Demilitarized Zone

There hasn't been any movement by North Korean soldiers on the road for months. While workers on the southern side make slow daily progress, scraping through dirt and rocks in search of remains, the North Korean side of the operation has been halted since February.

September 23, 2019
Protesters carry bricks during a demonstration near Central Government Complex in Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019 as violence flared anew after thousands of pro-democracy supporters marched through downtown in defiance of a police ban. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Donald Trump pressured to support Hong Kong protesters by conservatives

U.S. conservative activists are increasingly taking up the cause of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, with some saying President Trump's hard-line trade stance on Beijing is inspiring the protesters, while others are urging the administration to more publicly stand up for the movement amid threats of a crackdown by China's communist government.

September 15, 2019
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

John Bolton firing empowers Mike Pompeo, opens door for Trump diplomacy

ANALYSIS: President Trump's stunning dismissal of John R. Bolton clears the stage for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo -- along with Vice President Mike Pence, one of the few members of Mr. Trump's original national security inner circle still standing -- to wield more influence over a raft of foreign policy challenges confronting the White House.

September 10, 2019
The floor of the main lobby of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

CNN Russian agent report undermines future missions: Intelligence pros

U.S. intelligence officials past and present offered harsh criticism Tuesday of a CNN report on the handling of a high-level U.S. informant in the upper reaches of Russian President Vladimir Putin's Kremlin, warning that even discussing sensitive details of the case put U.S. security and future intelligence operations at risk.

September 10, 2019
In this May 22, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, as National Security Adviser John Bolton, right, watches. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

John Bolton out as national security adviser, Trump tweets services no longer ‘needed’

President Trump on Tuesday jettisoned John R. Bolton, his third national security adviser in three years, after multiple clashes over policy and tactics even as the White House grapples foreign policy challenges with Venezuelan and North Korean strongmen, Iran's nuclear defiance and fears of renewed violence in the endless Afghanistan War.

September 10, 2019
An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Elis Barreto Ortiz, 34, from Morovis, Puerto Rico, past Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Ortiz was killed in action Sept. 5, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ortiz was supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Mike Pompeo recalls Afghanistan peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad,

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the Trump administration has recalled its envoy to peace talks with the Taliban, dealing a potential death blow to negotiations that hit a low point in recent days following a suicide bombing by the militant group that killed an American soldier near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.

September 8, 2019
Indian paramilitary soldiers keep guard outside the main telephone exchange building in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. The Indian government stripped the Indian-administered portion of Kashmir of its limited autonomy on Aug. 5. Authorities imposed a sweeping military curfew that's still in place, and cut off residents from all communication and the internet. Mobile phone services have yet to be restored. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Harsh Vardhan Shringla blasts Kashmir ‘disinformation’ from Pakistan

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Pakistani charges that India has conducted a militarized takeover of Kashmir and jailed thousands of political prisoners are "completely wrong" and designed to undermine New Delhi's attempts to bring economic prosperity to the disputed territory, India's top diplomat in Washington said Thursday.

September 5, 2019
This image taken from the Twitter account of President Donald J. Trump, @realDonaldTrump, shows an undated photo of the aftermath of an explosion at Iran's Imam Khomeini Space Center in the country's Semnan province. The explosion Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, left the smoldering remains of a rocket on a launch pad at the center, which was to conduct a U.S.-criticized satellite launch. In his tweet Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, Trump wrote: "The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran. I wish Iran best wishes and good luck in determining what happened at Site One." (Donald J. Trump Twitter account via AP)

Iran’s allies reach out as U.S. levels new round of sanctions

The Trump administration leveled sanctions against Iran's space agency for the first time Tuesday, elevating its pressure campaign against the Islamic republic at a moment when other powers were offering Tehran a possible lifeline to evade U.S. restrictions on Iranian oil exports.

September 3, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks to reporters during a bilateral meeting at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump fumes as France, Germany reject ISIS captives

The Trump administration's push for allies to take custody of foreign-born Islamic State fighters held in makeshift prisons in Syria is yielding only limited results, fueling mounting anger in Washington in the effort to secure long-term defeat of the terror group.

August 27, 2019