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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

The rift among Arab nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council is no closer to resolution today than when it began in June 2017, a Qatari diplomat said. (Associated Press/File)

Lolwah Al-Khater, Qatar diplomat, sees long Saudi feud

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: A top Qatari diplomat says the damaging feud between her country and Saudi Arabia that has divided the two American allies over the past two years and created a Middle East headache for the Trump administration is unlikely to be put to rest anytime soon.

March 31, 2019
From left: FBI Director James B. Comey, CIA Director John O. Brennan, and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper sit together in the front row before President Barack Obama spoke about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance in this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, file photo at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

John Brennan and James Comey, Obama intelligence chiefs, under fire after Mueller report

Special counsel Robert Mueller's finding that there was no Trump campaign conspiracy with Russia to steal the 2016 election has unleashed a tsunami of outrage toward Obama-era intelligence chiefs, particularly former CIA Director John O. Brennan and former FBI Director James B. Comey, who are accused of pushing the allegation during congressional hearings, in social media posts and in highly charged interviews on television over the past two years.

March 28, 2019
National Assembly President Juan Guaido, who declared himself interim president of Venezuela, leaps on to a vehicle to speak to supporters as he visits different points of anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Guaido has declared himself interim president and demands new elections, arguing that President Nicolas Maduro's re-election last year was invalid. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

U.S. support Juan Guaido in Venezuela strong as diplomats leave

The withdrawal of the last U.S. diplomats from Venezuela does not mean the Trump administration is abandoning its support for opposition leader Juan Guaido in the escalating clash with socialist President Nicolas Maduro, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

March 12, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the lack of maintenance was a cause of the blackouts in Venezuela.

Mike Pompeo denies that U.S. is behind the blackouts in Venezuela

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denied Monday that the U.S. was responsible for hacking Venezuela's energy grid, asserting that the debilitating power outages now gripping the South American nation are the result of "years and years of neglect" by Venezuelan authorities.

March 11, 2019
State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said Thursday that U.S. officials are well aware of recent counterterrorism arrests and other steps being taken by Pakistan, but suggested the administration remains wary of Islamabad's commitment against such groups as JeM. (Associated Press)

India says it told Pakistan of Jaish-e-Muhammad terror camp before airstrikes

India gave specific information to Pakistani authorities on the location of a U.S.-designated terror group's training camp inside Pakistan well before Indian fighter jets bombed the camp last week, according to a high-level Indian official who says Islamabad flat-out ignored the information.

March 7, 2019
In this Feb. 28, 2019, file photo, U.S President Donald Trump, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un take a walk after their first meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, in Hanoi, Vietnam. North Korea's state TV on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, has aired a documentary glorifying leader Kim's recent visit to Vietnam that omitted the failed nuclear negotiations with Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump questions North Korea restored rocket site report

President Trump responded cautiously Wednesday to a report that North Korea is restoring a long-range rocket launch site it had promised to dismantle, as the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy with Pyongyang struggled to keep its momentum.

March 6, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) met with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday for private talks on a range of subjects, including "ways to improve cooperation on regional security and counterterrorism," according to the State Department. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

China rivalry hovers over Mike Pompeo’s Manila stop

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met in Manila Thursday with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to boost a key Southeast Asian treaty ally at a moment of increased concern over expanding Chinese military might and economic maneuvering in the region.

February 28, 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves upon arrival by train in Dong Dang in Vietnamese border town Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, ahead of his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang)

N. Korea state media quiet as Kim Jong-un makes splash in Hanoi

Kim Jong-un's arrival here Tuesday grabbed global attention, with pundits from Sydney to Stockholm weighing in on everything from his coifed haircut to the cigarettes he smokes to the big question of whether he'll give up his nuclear weapons.

February 26, 2019