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 growing threat of Chinese military attacks makes Taiwan one the most dangerous global flashpoints now and for years to come, according to a new think tank report.
Spying and technology theft by Chinese intelligence operatives pose the most significant threat by hostile foreign spy services, according to a national counterintelligence strategy made public recently.
The Chinese Communist Party and China's military view TikTok as one of several strategic tools for both political influence operations and military support, according to an open-source intelligence report on the short-video sharing app.
Testimony from President Biden's nominee for the key post of undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security is shedding some light on one of the Pentagon's most closely guarded secrets -- the nation's approach to countering foreign spies.
The Biden administration has failed to win the strategic competition with China through ineffective policies toward Beijing, the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said this week.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas operates an extensive network of supporters in the U.S. linked to the international Muslim Brotherhood jihadist group, according to a report by a former federal counterterrorism expert.
The Biden administration went along with U.S. intelligence agencies that recommended against releasing details to the public of a Chinese surveillance balloon that transited the United States unimpeded in early 2023 before being shot down by an Air Force jet fighter over the South Carolina coast.
Russia and Chinese nuclear-capable bombers entered the U.S. air defense identification zone near Alaska on Wednesday prompting North American Aerospace Defense Command jets to intercept the aircraft, the command said in a statement.
The Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed financial sanctions on Chinese companies and their executives for supplying missile- and space-related goods to North Korea.
China and Russia are increasing their economic and security activities in the Arctic and U.S. military forces are preparing multiple types of operations to counter any threats in the region, according to the Pentagon's new strategy on the Arctic.
The U.S. fields the most powerful army in the world and would defeat China if war breaks out over Taiwan, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Chinese and Russian naval forces launched joint military exercises this week that will include live-fire drills, in what U.S. intelligence officials have described as the latest sign of an expanding and troubling Beijing-Moscow military alliance.
A Chinese state-linked media outlet reported Monday that the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is an example of escalating political violence under the U.S. democratic system -- a major propaganda theme of Beijing as it promotes its socialist system as an alternative.
Four Chinese warships intruded into the U.S. economic exclusion zone near Alaska's far western Aleutian Islands just two days before NATO leaders met in Washington and added China to its list of security threats.
China came under direct NATO criticism for the first time this week as a result of its support to Russia's war in Ukraine and other policies, including its nuclear expansion and continuing cyberattacks.
Raymond F. Greene this week took over as director of the American Institute in Taiwan, the official U.S. government representative office on the democratic-ruled island that remains a major political target of China. Mr. Greene, a career diplomat and deputy institute director from 2018 to 2021, vowed to strengthen bilateral relations in the face of mounting pressure from China.
An influential Chinese government official and academic is warning that the People's Liberation Army may soon launch a military assault on Taiwan as part of Beijing's drive to take over the self-ruled island.
Intelligence operatives from China, Russia and Iran are targeting White House secrets on President Biden's health and likely informed their governments on his apparent declining mental acuity, according to a former National Security Agency counterintelligence official.
Recent incidents of Chinese coast guard harassment toward the Philippines, Taiwan and other regional states require a stronger U.S. response, Rep. Michelle Steel said in a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.