Skip to content
Advertisement
Author profile
Guy Taylor

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.

Threat Status Influencers Videos

Go behind the scenes with Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor as he interviews officials and experts directly involved in the most important global security, foreign policy, and technology issues impacting America's position in the world.


Threat Status Podcast

An edgy and informative look at the biggest U.S. national security and geopolitical issues making headlines right now. Less about hot takes and more about depth, the Threat Status podcast is helmed by veteran Washington Times journalists Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor and features regular appearances by insiders with expertise on war, politics and global affairs.


Special Report: Vlad's Vengeance

Inside Putin's 'hybrid warfare' on the U.S. Click here to read more.


Articles by Guy Taylor

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang gestures as he speaks during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ** FILE **

China says Donald Trump’s claim of election meddling is ‘slander’

President Trump's allegation that China is subversively meddling in the U.S. election process to try and make Republicans lose the upcoming midterms has sent shock waves through foreign policy circles in Beijing, where a key Chinese Foreign Ministry official lashed out Thursday that the U.S. should "stop its unwarranted accusations and slandering."

September 27, 2018
John J. Sullivan, who been deputy secretary of state since Mike Pompeo took over as America's top diplomat four months ago, who officials say may be the most vital player on the Trump administration's team this week. (Associated Press)

John J. Sullivan, David Hale, Mark Green key to U.S. U.N. mission

President Trump may own the spotlight, but away from the microphones a seasoned core of lesser-known American officials were the ones driving the administration's foreign policy operation around the diplomatic extravaganza known as the U.N. General Assembly.

September 26, 2018
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrives to address the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Hassan Rouhani accuses Trump of trying to overthrow Iran government

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accusing the Trump administration of trying to overthrow his government while National Security Advisor John R. Bolton warned there will "be hell to pay" if Tehran doesn't cease its provocative behavior on the world stage.

September 25, 2018
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Hassan Rouhani uses U.N. stage to slam Trump over nuclear deal

Iran's president used the stage of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to slam President Trump's withdrawal of the 2015 Iranian nuclear accord, claiming the rest of the world won't go along with the U.S. move and that Washington's re-imposition of sanctions against Tehran is a "form of economic terrorism."

September 25, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump touts North Korea progress, seizes initiative at U.N. General Assembly

President Trump swept into this year's U.N. General Assembly on a positive note, claiming credit during initial meetings Monday that "tremendous progress" has been made in nuclear talks with North Korea and asserting that he intends to hold another face-to-face summit with Kim Jong-un "in the not-too-distant future."

September 24, 2018
A man carrying an umbrella walks past a display board showing photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's recent trip to China outside of the North Korean embassy in Beijing, Saturday, April 21, 2018. China, North Korea's main ally, is welcoming Pyongyang's decision to suspend its nuclear and missile tests. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

North Korean ‘embassies’ a worry if peace breaks out

North Korea maintains embassies in nearly 50 nations -- including Algeria and Zimbabwe -- and could emerge swiftly as a normalized global power if nuclear talks with South Korea and the United States play out the right way. And that's a problem.

September 24, 2018
This combination of two file photos shows U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaking in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington on Feb. 26, 2018, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attending in the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Wong Maye-E, File)

Donald Trump to get special message from Kim Jong-un at United Nations

President Trump is slated to hold a high-stakes meeting here Monday with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who will deliver a private message from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that officials hope may boost the recently stalled denuclearization talks between Washington and Pyongyang.

September 24, 2018
In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., presides over a markup of a bill to expand sanctions against Iran with respect to its ballistic missile program, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Royce says he will not seek re-election after serving out his 13th term. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Democrats still want Trump-Putin Helsinki notes; Royce pushes back

The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee sharply criticized an attempt by the committee's Democrats Thursday to push through a resolution that would have required the Trump administration to hand over "every record" it has on the July summit President Trump had with Russian President Vladimir Putin -- an event that rankled administration critics because the two men met in private with only translators present.

September 13, 2018
U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun, right, and South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Lee Do-hoon, left, shake hands during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

New U.S. special envoy talks N. Korea strategy with S. Korean president

The Trump administration is pushing behind the scenes to regain momentum in nuclear talks with North Korea, dispatching a newly-appointed envoy to the region this week who says there's "hard work" ahead, but also a "tremendous opportunity" that must not be wasted.

September 12, 2018
The Capitol Dome of the Capitol Building at sunrise, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in Washington. After another government shutdown, congress has passed a sweeping long term spending bill which President Donald Trump is expected to sign later this morning. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

U.S. needs new blueprint for post-9/11 extremism, study says

Federal agencies for nearly two decades have prevented another 9/11 terrorist attack, but the "time has come for a new U.S. strategy" in the war against extremism spreading in the Middle East and beyond, says a congressionally mandated new task force led by the former chairmen of the vaunted commission that investigated the 2001 strikes on Washington and New York.

September 10, 2018