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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

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
President Joe Biden speaks during a Summit for Democracy virtual plenary in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

China, Russia disparage Summit for Democracy as Biden gathers 120 world leaders

China is seizing on the Biden administration's "Summit for Democracy" as an opening to ramp up its anti-American propaganda and push its alternative vision for a new world order, dismissing the D.C. gathering this week as a "farce" that "enhances U.S. efforts to "interfere in other countries' internal affairs."

March 29, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after speaking to the media during a signing ceremony following their talks at The Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow on March 21, 2023. Xi just concluded his three-day visit with Putin, a warm affair in which the two men praised each other and spoke of a profound friendship. It's a high in a complicated, centuries-long relationship in which the two countries have been allies and enemies. (Mikhail Tereshchenko, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Rep. Michael McCaul: China and Russia in ‘unholy alliance’

The top House Republican on foreign policy warns that China and Russia have formed an "unholy alliance" against the United States and that the Biden administration is failing to deter aggressive Russian and Chinese actions on the world stage.

March 27, 2023
Honduras Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina Garcia, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang raise a toast following the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, at a ceremony in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Sunday, March 26, 2023. Honduras formed diplomatic ties with China on Sunday after breaking off relations with Taiwan, which is increasingly isolated and now recognized by only 13 sovereign states, including Vatican City. (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP)

Honduras establishes ties with China after Taiwan break

Honduras on Sunday established diplomatic relations with China and ended its recognition of Taiwan, sparking outrage among Taiwanese leaders who said the Central American nation had demanded "billions of dollars" to continue backing the island democracy on the international stage.

March 26, 2023