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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

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Kyodo News via Associated Press/File)

Shinzo Abe, Vladimir Putin to meet as U.S. pursues Japan’s support

Even as the Obama administration seeks to forge a united front with its allies against Russia, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in what many see as the latest twist to Tokyo's balancing act between Moscow and Washington.

May 4, 2016
A flag bearer holds the American flag as American forces take part in the opening ceremony of Flintlock, anti-terrorism training in Thies, Senegal, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. Flintlock is annual military exercises that focuses on anti-terrorism and security training by American and European security forces to country's taking part. (AP Photo/Jane Hahn)

U.S. military currently unable to handle major crisis: Study

U.S. military readiness has deteriorated over the past year, according to a new study by a conservative think-tank that said the four service branches are unable to "meet their day-to-day requirements" and lack the "operational depth required to respond to a major crisis."

May 4, 2016
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, gestures next to Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, left, during a meeting on Syria in Geneva, Switzerland, May 2, 2016. (Denis Balibouse/Pool Photo via AP)

John Kerry vows not to let Aleppo fall to Syrian President Bashar Assad

Secretary of State John F. Kerry vowed Tuesday not to allow Syria's largest city and onetime moderate opposition stronghold of Aleppo to fall to the regime of Syrian president Bashar Assad -- even if that means abandoning the fragile cease-fire that U.S. officials have been trying to uphold in the war-torn nation.

May 3, 2016
This image made from video released by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group purportedly shows Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked militant. Libyan officials found a mass grave on Dec. 23, 2018, with 34 Ethiopian Christians slain by ISIS terrorists in 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Religious freedom under threat worldwide: U.S. report

Citing the Islamic State's attacks on Christians and other religious minorities, rising bigotry against Jews and Muslims in Europe and Beijing's campaign against churches in China, a new U.S. government report said Monday that attacks on religious freedom have grown measurably around the world over the past year.

May 2, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a foreign policy speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Trump's highly anticipated foreign policy speech Wednesday will test whether the Republican presidential front-runner, known for his raucous rallies and eyebrow-raising statements, can present a more presidential persona as he works to unite the GOP establishment behind him. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump outlines ‘America first’ foreign policy vision

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took a swipe at neoconservatism Wednesday, arguing in a major foreign policy address that the U.S. shouldn't be in the "nation-building business" and suggesting Washington should be more willing to work with unsavory regimes as long as doing so advances American interests and creates "stability in the world."

April 27, 2016
CIA Director John Brennan participates in the Senate Intelligence Committee's hearing on worldwide threats on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 9, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John Brennan, CIA chief, in Bosnia on unannounced counterterrorism visit

The Obama administration dispatched CIA Director John O. Brennan to Bosnia and Herzegovina for a series of counterterrorism meetings Friday amid ongoing concern among intelligence officials that the Islamic State terror group aims to open a front in southeastern Europe.

April 22, 2016
FILE - In this Friday, March 4, 2016 file photo, Russian fighter jets and bombers are parked at Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Russian warplanes have mostly stayed on the ground since the Russian- and U.S.-brokered cease-fire has begun last weekend. Russia's defense ministry said Tuesday, March 15, 2016, that the first group of warplanes stationed at the Russian air base in Syria has left for home following a pullout order from President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Bob Corker, key GOP lawmaker: Syria cease-fire is ‘dead’

A key Republican lawmaker on foreign policy says the U.S.-backed cease-fire in Syria is "effectively dead" and that the time has come for serious debate on whatever "plan B" the Obama administration has for responding to the nation's 6-year-old civil war.

April 21, 2016
In his most extensive public appearance in years back in April 2016, Fidel Castro told a party congress in a valedictory speech to continue fighting for their communist ideals, regardless of the fact that he, himself, is nearing the end of this life. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Cuba’s Communists dig in despite Obama’s outreach

Critics of President Obama's diplomatic outreach to Cuba are claiming vindication this week as the island nation's Communist Party hard-liners — cheered on by an 89-year-old Fidel Castro — moved to cement their grip on power after Mr. Castro's brother Raul steps down in two years.

April 20, 2016
Afghan security forces inspect the site of a Taliban-claimed deadly suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday that killed 28 people. (Associated Press)

Taliban suicide attack in Kabul renews debate on Afghanistan troop cuts

A devastating Taliban suicide attack that killed at least 28 people and wounded more than 300 others Tuesday in the heart of Kabul has sent concerns soaring that Afghanistan's struggling security forces will be overmatched in the summer fighting season, which many believe will be among the bloodiest on record.

April 19, 2016
In Geneva on Monday, U.N. Syrian Envoy Staffan de Mistura sought to counter the image of a negotiation in trouble, noting that a U.N. team would continue "technical" discussions with them in hopes of firming up a blueprint for a political transition in Syria. (Associated Press)

Syria cease-fire falters as U.S.-backed rebels attack, citing Assad violations

The Obama administration Monday rushed to shore up a faltering cease-fire in Syria, even as the very opposition rebel forces Washington backs in the conflict announced plans for more attacks in response to what it said was a wave of truce violations by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

April 18, 2016
Secretary of State John F. Kerry presents the 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Human rights abuses rise around world, State Department report shows

Human rights abuses by governments and nonstate actors are on the rise worldwide, according to an annual review by the State Department, which homed in on the usual suspects of Syria, Iran, China, North Korea and Russia — but also faulted allies such as Turkey and countries with warming relations with the U.S. such as Cuba.

April 13, 2016