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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

President Joe Biden poses for photos with Pacific Island leaders including Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, center, and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Sept. 29, 2022. On Wednesday, May 17, Biden canceled a visit to Papua New Guinea planned for May 22 to focus on debt limit talks at home, disappointing many in the Pacific Island nation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Distracted: Biden’s Quad summit no-show rattles U.S. allies in Pacific

President Biden's decision to shorten his upcoming Asia trip and skip a meeting of leaders of the strategic U.S.-India-Japan-Australia "Quad" group to deal with the national debt crisis marks a blow to the ongoing U.S. campaign to show itself as a reliable partner for countering China's increasingly aggressive rise in the region and on the world stage.

May 17, 2023
Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to examine worldwide threats at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) **FILE**

Senators call for reform of classified information system

Senators from both parties are pushing a package of bills that could overhaul how the federal government manages classified information following the alleged leak of intelligence documents by a 21-year-old National Guard airman.

May 11, 2023
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, Friday, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pompeo: U.S. must recognize China-North Korea nuke connection

The U.S. should view China and North Korea as "part and parcel of a single entity," according to former CIA Director and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who says the Biden administration must be more clear-eyed about the links between Chinese and North Korean nuclear weapons programs.

May 4, 2023
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, listens as President Joe Biden speaks during the closing session at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on promoting food security and food systems resilience in Washington, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

U.S. steps up its game, but China has a head start in Africa

The Biden administration is pushing a revamp of lagging U.S. relations with Africa with a charm offensive that has included a summit of continental leaders in Washington, a parade of high-level diplomatic visits to resource-rich nations and promises of vast private investments.

April 14, 2023
This image made from video provided by WCVB-TV, shows Jack Teixeira, in T-shirt and shorts, being taken into custody by armed tactical agents on Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Dighton, Mass. (WCVB-TV via AP)

Low-level National Guard Airman arrested over sensational intel leaks

The FBI on Thursday arrested 21-year-old National Guard Airman Jack Teixeira in connection with a massive leak of highly classified U.S. intelligence documents, while suspicions deepened that the leak might have become intertwined with a disinformation and influence operation run by a foreign adversary of the United States.

April 13, 2023
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds a year end international press conference at the government headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP) ** FILE **

Hungary’s Orban sees U.S. as a top adversary, purported CIA leak shows

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban -- a conservative leader often accused by left-leaning critics of being Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest ally inside NATO and the European Union -- views the U.S. as one of the top three adversaries of his ruling Fidesz Party.

April 12, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping toast during their dinner at The Palace of the Facets is a building in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Pavel Byrkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Xi and Putin are ‘soulmates,’ former U.S. intel official warns

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are "soulmates," says a former high-level CIA official, who warns Washington should prepare for increased Sino-Russian coordination toward the goal of unseating the U.S. as the world's top superpower.

April 5, 2023
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, shakes hands with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen after delivering statements to the press after a Bipartisan Leadership Meeting at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Wednesday, April 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Taiwan’s Tsai invokes Reagan at high-stakes meeting with McCarthy

Taiwan's president invoked the Cold War-era legacy of former President Reagan during her highly anticipated meeting with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California on Wednesday, warning that "democracy is under threat" and underscoring the need to keep "the beacon of freedom shining."

April 5, 2023