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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 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
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, reviews a military honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, June 8, 2018. Russian President Putin on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, arrived in Beijing for the opening of the Winter Olympic Games and talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, as the two leaders look to project themselves as a counterweight to the U.S. and its allies. (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

China takes leading role in Russian propaganda

The Chinese Foreign Ministry and state-controlled news outlets have dramatically ramped up efforts to echo Russian propaganda about the Ukraine war and promote Beijing's own increasingly aggressive anti-U.S. narratives in recent months.

February 28, 2023
A Ukrainian serviceman stands amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) **FILE**

Part Three: Russia-Ukraine war resets world order

The year-old Russian invasion of Ukraine has shaken the foundations of a post-Cold War order that has held sway for three decades, sparking new global unease over the prospect of nuclear war, rocking long-established diplomatic and political norms, and aligning the world's top autocracies in unsettling new ways.

February 22, 2023
Polish Ambassador to the U.S. Marek Magierowski, left, talks with European Union Amb. Stavros Lambrinidis as European diplomats arrive to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine with members of the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EU’s top envoy says West must hold firm in fight for Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting that U.S. and Western European political and societal resolve to back Kyiv will soon break down so that his military can proceed with its dismemberment of Ukraine, the top European Union diplomat in Washington warned in an interview.

February 20, 2023