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.
The Defense Intelligence Agency is warning that threats posed by multiple types of missiles are increasing, with weapons deployed by China and Russia the most serious dangers.
China, North Korea and Russia are rapidly expanding their nuclear forces and increasing joint strategic collaboration, undermining the U.S. ability to deter a nuclear war, according to senior Pentagon officials.
The Treasury Department on Thursday slapped sanctions on several Chinese companies and other elements the department said are involved in buying millions of dollars' worth of Iranian oil.
China's communist government is suspected of using four bases in Cuba as electronic intelligence gathering sites targeting the U.S., according to House testimony.
Chinese forces are escalating preparations for a military attack against Taiwan in what the commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command calls a "rapid boil."
China has not taken over a disputed islet near a key Philippines island despite a provocative Chinese coast guard operation last month to plant a flag on the reef, the State Department said.
China's Defense Ministry recently praised the People's Liberation Army's development of hypersonic missiles that can effectively attack U.S. aircraft carriers.
U.S. national laboratories and several American universities that are engaged in Pentagon-funded research are using Chinese supercomputers in ways that endanger U.S. national security, according to a former Air Force intelligence analyst.
American researchers funded by the Pentagon have helped Chinese military companies despite U.S. sanctions and other legal restrictions on such use, according to a think tank report.
A Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait last week for the first time since the U.S.-China trade war erupted and was shadowed by Chinese military forces.
Rep. Rick Crawford, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said Wednesday he supports a new intelligence community investigation into brain injuries suffered by diplomatic and intelligence personnel dubbed Havana syndrome.
The People's Liberation Army is making progress on the use of drone swarms in combat for both weapons strikes and intelligence gathering, according to an Air Force think tank report.
China's military continued work on biological and toxin research with potential military applications in 2024 and is using artificial intelligence as part of the effort, according to the State Department's annual arms compliance report.
China rejected U.S. government appeals to halt satellite imagery support to Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen that they are using to target international shipping in the Red Sea, the State Department said.
The Chinese artificial intelligence chatbot DeepSeek poses a major national security threat to the United States through stealing Americans' personal data, according to a new report by a House panel on the Chinese Communist Party.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth believes the Chinese military's hypersonic missiles could sink all U.S. aircraft carriers within the first minutes of a potential conflict.
The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has warned that the U.S. military currently is unable to deter China and other adversaries and called for urgent defense reforms.
China is using consulting firms, headhunters and think tanks to aggressively recruit current and former U.S. officials as spies, according to a federal counterspy unit.
Illegal production and distribution of deadly fentanyl netted traffickers an estimated $1.4 billion in 2024, most of which was funneled through U.S. banks, according to a Treasury Department financial report.
China's military forces are conducting large and aggressive activities near Taiwan that threaten U.S. and allied security, the commander of the Indo-Pacific Command told a Senate hearing Thursday.