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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

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman addresses the Future Investment Initiative conference, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. The Crown Prince addressed the summit on Wednesday, his first such comments since the killing earlier this month of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Mohammed bin Salman condemns Jamal Khashoggi killing

Saudi Arabia's crown prince denounced the killing of Jamal Khashoggi as a "heinous crime" on Wednesday, breaking a three-week silence on the dissident writer's death just as Iran attacked its regional rival by claiming Riyadh thought it could get away with murder because of its close ties with the Trump administration.

October 24, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton shakes hands during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

John Bolton, Vladimir Putin spar on nuclear treaty fate

Many in Europe fear the death of the INF treaty would revive painful battles over whether and where to deploy mid-range nuclear weapons on their territory while exposing them to Russian tactical missiles.

October 23, 2018
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, delivers a speech at supporters in Istanbul, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. Erdogan says he will announce details of the Turkish investigation into the death of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi's on Tuesday. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey to release probe findings into death of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi

Turkey's president vowed to "go into detail" in a major speech Tuesday on the findings of his country's investigation into the death of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, amid mounting international skepticism over the Saudi government's latest claim that the dissident journalist died in a chaotic "fistfight" at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul this month.

October 21, 2018
This image taken from CCTV video obtained by the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet and made available on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 claims to show Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Turkey said Tuesday it will search the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of an investigation into the disappearance of a missing Saudi contributor to The Washington Post, a week after he vanished during a visit there. (CCTV/Hurriyet via AP)

Jamal Khashoggi killing sparked by Muslim Brotherhood ties

The prevailing narrative about the bizarre case of U.S.-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is that Saudi Arabia's hard-charging young crown prince ordered him kidnapped and perhaps killed in order to silence a particularly effective critic. But Middle East insiders say some deeper subplots played into Mr. Khashoggi's disappearance.

October 17, 2018
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. (Leah Millis/Pool Image via AP)

Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo move to defuse Jamal Khashoggi crisis amid Turkey cover-up claims

Saudi Arabia's leaders doubled down Tuesday with their denials of any involvement in the disappearance of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, even as Turkish officials suggested that Riyadh scrambled over the past two weeks to cover up evidence that could prove the journalist was kidnapped or killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

October 16, 2018
A bouquet is left on the police barriers blocking the road to Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul, on Monday. Turkish crime scene investigators entered the consulate nearly two weeks after the disappearance and alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Mike Pompeo heads to Riyadh as Jamal Khashoggi mystery deepens

Saudi Arabia on Monday allowed Turkish investigators to search its consulate in Istanbul for clues in the case of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Monday, in a bid to bring some clarity to an incident that has mushroomed into a diplomatic and political crisis for both Riyadh and Washington.

October 15, 2018
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses the United Nations Security Council, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Nikki Haley resigns as U.N. ambassador

U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley resigned Tuesday in a meeting with President Trump, a surprise departure that will take place at the end of the year.

October 9, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence, speaking Oct. 4 at the Hudson Institute in Washington, said China was using its power in "more proactive and coercive ways to interfere in the domestic policies and politics of the United States." (Associated Press)

Mike Pence warns of Chinese aggression ahead of midterms

Vice President Mike Pence sharply criticized Chinese interference in U.S. politics and increasing military aggression Thursday, leveling up a blistering rhetorical assault at a moment when Washington and Beijing are hardening the battle lines after months tension over tariffs and trade.

October 4, 2018