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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

No let-up in China nuclear weapons expansion, Stratcom general says

China is showing no let-up in the rapid expansion of its nuclear forces and now joins Russia in posing a dual threat to American strategic deterrence of a nuclear conflict, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command said Wednesday.

August 16, 2023

Navy carrier strike group deployed near Taiwan

The aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS Ronald Reagan is deployed in waters off the east coast of Taiwan amid growing tensions with China over the recent U.S. visit by Taiwan's vice president, the U.S. Naval Institute reported this week.

August 16, 2023

China adopts interim AI rule requiring technology to back the communist system

China on Tuesday implemented a new interim regulation requiring providers of artificial intelligence services to support the communist system and prevent the technology from subverting state power, according to the text of the administrative measure.

August 15, 2023

Taiwan braced for new Chinese military moves following vice president’s U.S. visit

Taiwan's military said it is preparing for Chinese military operations around the island in the coming days as an expected saber-rattling response to the U.S. visit by Taiwan Vice President William Lai, the front-runner ahead of next year's presidential vote.

August 14, 2023

Intelligence chief releases strategy urging sharper focus on China, Russia

The government's lead intelligence agencies are retooling to deal with rising threats posed by China and Russia while also adopting hiring policies aimed at making spy services more inclusive and diverse, according to a new strategy outline from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

August 10, 2023

Lawmaker denounces joint Chinese, Russian warship patrol near Alaska

The Chinese and Russian navies recently dispatched 11 warships to waters off the coast of Alaska in what one of Alaska's senators called "aggression" by Beijing and Moscow.

August 9, 2023

Cyber, nuclear strikes target U.S. infrastructure

America's adversaries are preparing to conduct cyberattacks against critical U.S. infrastructure and could strike with nuclear missiles, the general tapped to be the next commander of the U.S. Northern Command is warning.

August 2, 2023

Threat from China prompts major military buildup by Japan, including long-range strike weapons

A security "crisis" mainly posed by threats from China is behind Japan's largest military buildup since World War II, including new strike weapons and asymmetric warfare arms, according to a defense strategy report made public Friday.

July 28, 2023

U.S. intelligence agencies say China helping Russia evade sanctions, export controls

China has become a major economic supporter of Russia since the invasion of Ukraine and is assisting Moscow in evading economic sanctions and export controls on technology, according to a U.S. intelligence assessment made public Thursday.

July 27, 2023

General tapped for Space Command chief declines to endorse DEI policies

The three-star general nominated to head the U.S. Space Command declined to endorse the Biden administration's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies in the military at a Senate hearing on Wednesday.

July 27, 2023

U.S. general: China likely to send more spy balloons over U.S.

China's dispatch of a suspected surveillance balloon over the United States earlier this year is likely to be repeated, the nominee to lead the Pentagon's Northern Command told Congress on Wednesday.

July 26, 2023

China-Russia alliance poses a danger, Pacific commander warns

Military forces from China and Russia have engaged in operations in the Pacific since last week, prompting the commander of U.S. military forces in the Pacific to call the emerging alliance "dangerous."

July 26, 2023

Outspoken Chinese foreign minister purged by Xi Jinping

China's government removed Foreign Minister Qin Gang from his post on Tuesday with no explanation following the minister's mysterious disappearance from public view last month, state media reported.

July 25, 2023

Beijing vows to thwart renewed U.S. spying after CIA Director Burns’ remarks

China will prevent the CIA from conducting intelligence operations in the country after CIA Director William Burns said last week the agency has made progress in rebuilding lost agent networks, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Monday.

July 24, 2023

White House adviser calls on China to hold nuclear arms talks

China's buildup of nuclear missiles and other strategic weapons requires that Beijing begin nuclear talks with the U.S., White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday.

July 21, 2023

CIA rebuilding spy networks in China a decade after losing agents, director reveals

The Central Intelligence Agency is working to rebuild spy networks in China after a devastating counterintelligence loss of its recruited-agent networks there more than a decade ago, CIA Director William Burns disclosed Thursday.

July 20, 2023

U.S. uses sanctions to deny China tools for brain warfare, toxin weapons

The U.S. government is employing sanctions and export controls to limit China's military buildup, including development of brain warfare and toxin weapons, a senior Commerce Department official told Congress on Thursday.

July 20, 2023

‘Impossible’ to transform China, Kissinger told on Beijing visit

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger visited China this week for meetings with senior officials and was told that any Western effort to transform China or encircle the country was "impossible."

July 19, 2023

U.S. Indo-Pacific commander says Chinese invasion of Taiwan would fail

Amid growing threats by China to attack Taiwan, the commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on Tuesday he is confident U.S. forces could prevent a military takeover of the island state.