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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

Secretary of State John F. Kerry talked with Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Oman's minister of foreign affairs, during a meeting of Persian Gulf delegates in March. Oman helped kick-start secret nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington in 2013. (Associated Press)

Oman suited for Middle East peacemaker role amid rising tensions

Discreet and strategically located, the small sultanate of Oman helped kick-start secret nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington in 2013. Now many in the U.S. and the Middle East say the Persian Gulf nation, a neutral safe haven in Shiite-Sunni clashes raging across the region, may hold the key to defusing Saudi Arabia's clash with Iran-backed rebels in Yemen before it erupts into all-out war.

April 9, 2015
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took issues with key points on the framework of a nuclear deal including sanction relief and inspector access. (Associated Press)

Ali Khamenei’s doubts place cloud over Iran deal

First they were for it. Then they were against it. Then they were for it again. Now, Iran's Supreme Leader, speaking publicly for the first time Thursday on the matter, seems to be against key elements of it.

April 9, 2015
Negotiators: Secretary of State John F. Kerry grabbed British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond for a chat before a press conference Thursday announcing a long-awaited framework for Iranian nuclear activity. Also attending were Federica Mogherini of the European Union and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. (Associated Press)

Obama, allies hail Iran nuclear deal as critics slam concessions

President Obama and other world leaders on Thursday hailed what they said was a breakthrough accord setting the stage for a historic agreement that will prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, even though Iran will be allowed to enrich uranium under the agreement and the schedule for easing international sanctions remains to be negotiated.

April 2, 2015
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, walks through a courtyard at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel during an extended round of talks, Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Negotiations over Iran's nuclear program appeared headed for double overtime on Wednesday, beset by competing claims after diplomats abandoned a March 31 deadline for the outline of a deal and agreed to press on. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Iran, U.S. allies strike agreement on nuclear deal

The U.S., Iran and other world powers have agreed on the basic outline for a final nuclear deal to be hammered out by the end of June, but they are still debating how much of it to make public, said officials participating in the marathon talks in Switzerland.

April 2, 2015
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks outside the hotel during a break after a bilateral meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for a new round of Nuclear Talks with Iran, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, March 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Keystone,Jean-Christophe Bott)

Iran says U.S. and allies lack ‘political will’ for final nuclear deal

In a sign that a nuclear deal may be further off than the Obama administration is willing to admit, Iranian negotiators said Wednesday that they are holding out for a complete end to sanctions and accused the U.S. and its allies of lacking the “political will” to go along. And officials in Tehran are already trying pin the blame for failure on the Obama administration.

April 1, 2015
Secretary of State John F. Kerry (second from left) and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (left) take a walk during a break in talks on Iran's nuclear program in Lausanne, Switzerland. The U.S. and five allies have been meeting with Iranian negotiators for days in a last-ditch try to hammer out the blueprint for a final deal by the end of June. (Associated Press)

Iran talks in overtime as nuclear deal proves elusive

Blowing through a self-imposed deadline, negotiators from Iran, the U.S. and five allied powers labored into the night trying to hammer out an outline toward a final deal to curb Iran's nuclear programs, but Obama administration officials said talks will carry on into Wednesday in the hope that a stalemate can be broken on "several difficult issues."

March 31, 2015
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi attends a meeting of Arab heads of state, in Sharm el Sheik, South Sinai, Egypt, Saturday, March 28, 2015. El-Sissi endorsed a resolution adopted by Arab foreign ministers on Thursday for the creation of an Arab military force, saying the Arab world was currently facing unprecedented threats. He also described as “inevitable” the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. (AP Photo/MENA, Mohammed Samaha)

U.S. restores military aid to Egypt, cites national security

The U.S. will restore military aid to Egypt, delivering F-16s and M1A1 Abrams tank kits that the Obama administration suspended in 2013, following the Egyptian government's crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

March 31, 2015
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, gestures as he takes a break from the latest round of talks on Iran's nuclear program Monday in Lausanne, Switzerland. "We are working late into the night and obviously into tomorrow," Mr. Kerry said. "Everyone knows the meaning of tomorrow." (Associated Press)

Obama lost leverage in Iran nuclear talks by easing sanctions, critics say

U.S. and Iranian negotiators struggled to clinch a nuclear deal as Tuesday's self-imposed deadline drew ever nearer, even as critics said the White House already had given up a key point of leverage by easing pressure on Iran's economy in the months leading up to a prospective deal.

March 30, 2015
Arab heads of state meet as King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, seen on screen, speaks, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Embattled Yemeni President Abdel Rabbo Mansour Hadi called Shiite rebels who forced him to flee the country "stooges of Iran," directly blaming the Islamic republic for the chaos there and demanding that airstrikes against rebel positions continue until they surrender. Saudi King Salman has vowed that the military intervention in Yemen will not stop until the country is stable. (Associated Press)

Arab League to forge NATO-like military alliance of Sunni powers

Seeking to combat threats from Iran and the Shiite rebels it is supporting in the Middle East, Arab leaders meeting in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, agreed in principle Sunday to forge a NATO-like alliance of Sunni powers to engage in regional military action with or without leadership from the U.S.

March 29, 2015
Rep. Ed Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, frets that the Obama administration is willing to negotiate the release of spies or terrorists. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ed Royce: Stakes are high in Nigeria vote Saturday

The top House Republican on foreign policy says the stakes are high in this weekend's presidential election in Nigeria — the largest economy in Africa — where the contest between incumbent Goodluck Jonathan and opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari stands to impact the future of democracy across the continent.

March 27, 2015