Skip to content
Advertisement
Author profile
Bill Gertz

Bill Gertz

bgertz@washingtontimes.com

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

Members of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force march in formation during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China missile test a key sign of Rocket Force power

China's People's Liberation Army Rocket Force is aggressively building up its missile forces with new and more lethal systems and with a heavy emphasis on deploying and building hypersonic missiles, according to defense officials.

December 4, 2024
Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., questions witnesses during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House panel on Chinese Communist Party threats survives into new Congress

A select House committee created two years ago by the Republican majority to address threats posed by communist China will get a new lease on life in the next Congress, bolstered by bipartisan support and a slew of supportive top officials in the coming Trump administration, the panel's chairman confirmed in an interview with The Washington Times.

November 17, 2024
The new Fort Liberty sign is displayed outside the base on Friday, June 2, 2023, in Fort Liberty, N.C. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker, File)

U.S. commandos retool for China war

The Army Special Operations Command at Fort Liberty, North Carolina -- possibly soon to be renamed back to Fort Bragg, its previous name -- is retooling its 35,000 commandos for operations against China.

November 14, 2024