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Guy Taylor

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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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Articles by Guy Taylor

A man hands a child to a security guard from Iran's parliament building after an assault of several attackers in Tehran on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Iran blames terrorist attacks on Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump

Brazen terrorist attacks against Iran's parliament and the mausoleum of the Islamic republic's founding ayatollah escalated tensions across the Middle East on Wednesday, with Iranian officials quickly blaming rival Saudi Arabia, even though the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the strikes that left 12 dead and more than 40 wounded in Tehran.

June 7, 2017
Life proceeded as normal in Doha, Qatar, on Monday even as Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries severed ties, accusing the nation of supporting terrorist groups. (Associated Press)

Arab neighbors isolate Qatar over terror ties

Saudi Arabia, Egypt and two other Arab powers -- apparently emboldened by President Trump's recent visit to the region -- on Monday moved to diplomatically isolate the tiny, energy-rich Persian Gulf nation of Qatar over what they say are its ties to Iran and support for jihadi groups such as Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

June 5, 2017
Pakistani Ambassador Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said his country will have plenty of economic opportunity in coming years that could be at risk from violence in neighboring Afghanistan. (Associated Press/File)

Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Pakistan’s ambassador, awaits Trump’s Afghanistan policy

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Pakistan's military has swept terrorist groups from the nation's once-lawless tribal areas, but the gains could be put at risk if the security situation across the border in Afghanistan is not brought under control, Islamabad's diplomat in Washington said, stressing that his nation is waiting for the Trump administration to clarify its strategy for the Afghanistan conflict.

June 4, 2017
Leftist Mexican politician Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a critic of President Trump, is running for office in the State of Mexico. (Associated Press)

Andres Obrador, Trump critic seeks boost in Mexico state election

The "Trump effect" at the ballot box will get a critical test this weekend -- in Mexico, where polling suggests the opposition party of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a sharp critic of the U.S. president, may capture a key state-level gubernatorial race and provide a dramatic boost for the leftist leader's chances in next year's presidential race.

May 31, 2017
While Western authorities have been focused on jihadi attacks in places like Manchester, England, intelligence analysts warn that Islamic State may be taking advantage of largely lawless areas in Southeast Asia as terror staging grounds. (Associated Press)

ISIS moves into Southeast Asia

Western powers and media outlets convulsed in shock at last week's horrific suicide attack on a pop concert in Britain, but little attention was paid to a surge of violence by the Islamic State on the other side of the world -- specifically in the Philippines and Indonesia.

May 28, 2017
Sky News on Wednesday aired two screengrabs of footage that police believe shows the Manchester bomber. British officials said a suspected U.S. leak jeopardized the police investigation. (Associated Press)

Manchester bomber ID leaks hurt U.S. credibility, hinder British investigation

Officials in Washington are scrambling to account for the leaked identity of Britain's deadliest suicide bomber in a decade after British authorities accused the United States of revealing the sensitive information -- the latest instance of unauthorized disclosures undermining American credibility around the world.

May 24, 2017
A drone is paraded in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Associated Press/File)

North Korea attack drones can strike Seoul in 1 hour

North Korea's military has 300 to 400 attack drones capable of carrying biological and chemical weapons that could reach the South Korean capital of Seoul within one hour, according to a high-level defector from the isolated regime ruling Pyongyang.

May 22, 2017
A demonstrator protests the presence of the U.S. military's Terminal High Altitude Areal Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in Seongju County south of Seoul. (Guy Taylor/The Washington Times)

South Korea THAAD protesters see U.S. militarism, not protection

The first protest signs come into view just down the road from where the U.S. military has positioned an anti-ballistic missile system in this rural hillside county about 150 miles south of the fortified border that divides the Korean Peninsula.

May 22, 2017
FILE - In this Saturday, April 15, 2017, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country's late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un. North Korea has accused the U.S. and South Korean spy agencies of an unsuccessful assassination attempt on leader Kim Jong Un involving bio-chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File) **FILE**

Kim Jon-un claims he dodged a $100K U.S. death plot

North Korea's main secret police agency on Friday accused U.S. and South Korean intelligence agents of a failed but elaborate plot to assassinate the isolated nation's leader Kim Jong-un with "biochemical" and "nano poisonous substances."

May 5, 2017
Iranian presidential candidates held a televised debate Friday. (Associated Press)

Obama nuclear deal on Iran presidential ballot

Iran's most famous hard-liner, former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is off the ballot -- blocked by the ayatollahs who vet the Islamic republic's acceptable candidates, but the country's spirited presidential race is still shaping up to be a fierce battle over the nuclear deal with the Obama administration and its allies.

May 1, 2017