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.
Israel unveiled a new air-launched ballistic missile capable of defeating advanced air defenses and delivering precision strikes, the state aerospace company has revealed.
Senior Chinese leaders, including President Xi Jinping, are engaged in corruption and hiding hundreds of millions of dollars in wealth by using relatives to disguise their activities, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service.
U.S. and allied intelligence services warned current and former military personnel this week that China's military is covertly recruiting fighter pilots to train flyers for Beijing's aircraft carriers and air force.
Members of Congress and Chinese pro-democracy dissidents gathered on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to mark the 35th anniversary of the day some 200,000 Chinese troops launched a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters occupying Tiananmen Square.
China's cyber operatives have infiltrated computer networks used to control critical U.S. infrastructure in preparation for future attacks to disrupt American society during a conflict, the director of the National Security Agency warned.
The Air Force this week made public the first photos of its new sixth-generation strategic bomber, the B-21 Raider, and military planners are divided over how best to use what will be one of America's most powerful warplanes.
The admiral in charge of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said China's recent military exercises encircling Taiwan appeared to be practice for a future invasion.
Japanese fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Chinese military drone flying over the East China Sea spotted for the first time, Tokyo's defense ministry disclosed this week.
The Chinese military's simulated attacks on Taiwan in recent days included mock missile strikes and joint operations, revealing details of Beijing's plan to reach a promised goal of taking over the island democracy, military affairs analysts said.
A group of House Republicans plans to give Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines an additional 90 days to submit an overdue report on corruption among Chinese communist leaders and to testify publicly on the matter.
China and the U.S. are engaged in a battle for dominance in satellite-based positioning, navigation and timing, known as PNT, and Beijing is catching up to America's Global Positioning System with its BeiDou satellite PNT.
Beijing on Wednesday imposed sanctions on former Rep. Mike Gallagher, the Wisconsin Republican who until recently was chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party that for the past two years has exposed nefarious Chinese activities and operations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a day of talks Thursday in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a visit meant to forge closer strategic ties and portray the United States as an aggressive Cold War hegemon attempting to destabilize the world.
A former spy who worked for China's secret political police has defected to Australia and recently went public with details about Beijing's intelligence operations.
The nation's intelligence agencies are not doing enough to counter large-scale Chinese information operations in the U.S., a House committee investigating Beijing's information warfare said in letters sent to senior intelligence officials.
China is engaged in information warfare across multiple sectors of Taiwan and plans a takeover of the self-ruled island through political coercion and cyber spying influence operations, with military force a key option, according to two new think tank reports.
U.S. military aircraft in the Indo-Pacific region are vulnerable to missile attacks from China, which has constructed hundreds of hardened aircraft bunkers in apparent preparation for war, a group of Republican lawmakers said in urging stronger aircraft defenses by the Air Force and Navy.