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Bill Gertz

Bill Gertz is a national security correspondent for The Washington Times. He has been with The Times since 1985.
He is the author of eight books, four of them national best-sellers. His latest book, "Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy," reveals details about the growing threat posed by the People's Republic of China. He is also the author of the ebook "How China's Communist Party Made the World Sick."
Mr. Gertz also writes Inside the Ring, a weekly column that chronicles the U.S. national security bureaucracy.
Mr. Gertz has been a guest lecturer at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va.; the Central Intelligence Agency in Virginia; the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington; and the Brookings Institution in Washington. He has participated in the National Security Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
He studied English literature at Washington College in Chestertown, Md., and journalism at George Washington University. He is married and has two daughters.
He can be reached at bgertz@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Bill Gertz

China’s ties to Putin, Kremlin shaken by mercenary uprising

China's leadership is closely watching recent events in Russia, concerned that a similar military revolt may erupt in Beijing, a senior White House official said Monday.

June 26, 2023

Biden labels Xi Jinping a dictator over Chinese president’s response to downed balloon

President Biden this week referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "dictator" for the way he responded to the U.S. Air Force's shooting down of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic in February.

June 21, 2023

Blinken’s visit to China fails to restart military-to-military talks

A key Biden administration goal for averting a future war with China through greater military-to-military exchanges went unmet as Chinese officials refused to reopen the communications channel during recent top-level talks in Beijing.

June 20, 2023

China conducts nighttime bomber sorties around Taiwan

China's military this week carried out nighttime bomber missions around Taiwan, flights that coincided with the visit to Beijing by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Chinese state media reported Monday.

June 19, 2023

China, Russia stage ‘gray zone’ operations to expand influence in opposition to U.S.

China and Russia are waging "gray zone" warfare against the U.S. below the threshold of traditional combat, "gaining benefits without suffering significant consequences," according to a report by the Pentagon's Defense Science Board.

June 14, 2023

Navy at risk of losing submarine edge to advanced undersea defenses by China and Russia

Advances in undersea warfare and defenses by China and Russia are endangering the key strategic ability of U.S. Navy nuclear attack submarines to deter a war in the Taiwan Strait or track adversarial missile submarines, according to a report by two experts on American defense capabilities.

June 8, 2023

Former NSA counterspy on Epstein spy links

John R. Schindler, a former National Security Agency counterintelligence official, recently disclosed new information linking deceased pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein to Russian intelligence.

June 7, 2023

New Cold War? U.S., China defense chiefs square off in Singapore

U.S. and Chinese military leaders squared off at a major security conference in Singapore. Beijing asserted that its forces are ready for war over Taiwan. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin chided China for its increasingly aggressive military actions in the region.

June 6, 2023

U.S. halts Russian arms inspections, data exchange on missile launches

Russian arms inspections under the New START arms accord were halted by the Biden administration Thursday in response to Moscow's suspension of the treaty, the State Department said.

June 1, 2023

Xi tells Communist Party security organs to prepare for ‘worst-case’ scenarios

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged top security officials of the ruling Communist Party this week to modernize the country's national security system and warned them to be ready for "worst-case" scenarios amid growing tensions with the United States.

June 1, 2023

Indo-Pacific commander warns China’s leader on cost of war

Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific command, recently warned Chinese President Xi Jinping that any attempt to take Taiwan by force would result in massive losses of "blood and treasure" for China.

May 31, 2023

Guardians of diversity? State Department seeks gender equality, inclusion in space

The State Department unveiled a new space diplomacy strategy on Tuesday in a bid to counter efforts by China and Russia to militarize space and challenge U.S. power.

May 30, 2023

U.S. sanctions Chinese, Mexicans over scheme to make fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills

The U.S. government on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 17 entities from China and Mexico for their alleged role in producing illicit fentanyl that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans through drug overdoses.

May 30, 2023

China’s growing arsenal boosts risk of nuclear war, study says

China's rapid large-scale buildup of nuclear missiles, submarines, bombers, including an orbiting nuclear strike weapon, is increasing the danger of nuclear war, according to a study.

May 29, 2023

New strategic threat emerging as weapons seek to target brain function, inflict neurological damage

U.S. military forces are facing new dangers of non-kinetic warfare weapons in future conflicts including "neuro-strike" weapons designed to disrupt brain functions of key leaders, according to a military expert.

May 24, 2023

China dismisses Biden statement on a coming thaw in U.S.-China relations

China's government has rejected President Biden's assertion that a thaw in tense U.S.-China relations is coming soon, with Beijing demanding an end to sanctions on Chinese officials and companies, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

May 23, 2023

China arrests stand-up comedian for joke about its military

China's military can't take a joke. The Communist government in Beijing took action against a stand-up comic who made fun of the People's Liberation Army during a recent comedy routine, according to reports from Asia.

May 18, 2023

NORAD says Russian nuclear bombers tracked near Alaska were not a threat

The U.S.-Canadian air defense command is downplaying two recent Russian military encounters near Alaska as nonthreatening -- despite one intrusion that included nuclear-capable bombers.

May 17, 2023

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin outlines Pentagon’s plan to deter war with China

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin this week told Congress how the Pentagon plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars this year for new weapons and military preparations to deter what he said is the growing danger of war with China.