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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

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) conducts routine underway operations while transiting through the Taiwan Strait Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd class Ismael Martinez/U.S. Navy via AP)

Beijing pulls back warplanes near Taiwan before Trump-Xi summit

Chinese military warplane flights around Taiwan have declined sharply while warships incursions continue to be detected around the self-ruled island in the run-up to a planned summit between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart.

March 10, 2026
This satellite image provided by Vantor shows the Islamic Revolutionary Court after airstrikes, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor via AP)

Iran operation threatens China’s global strategy and domestic economy

The Trump administration's military operation against Iran, ostensibly to destroy a reviving nuclear program and remove regional and global terrorist threats, includes a major side benefit: It will undermine China's oil-based economy and counter Beijing's global anti-U.S. strategy, according to American experts.

March 3, 2026
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Feb. 14, 2023. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP, File)

Beijing says stop bombing ally Iran

China denounced the U.S.-Israeli attack on its regional ally Iran, calling Saturday's missile strikes a violation of Iranian sovereignty and security.

February 28, 2026
A B-2 bomber arrives at Whiteman Air Force Base Mo., Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/David Smith) ** FILE **

China fears U.S. bomber strikes on nuclear sites

China reacted with unease to the daring U.S. military raid on Iran's nuclear facilities with official state media voicing fears that underground Chinese nuclear sites are vulnerable to similar strikes, according to a U.S. Air Force think tank report.

February 19, 2026
The DF-5C liquid-fueled intercontinental strategic nuclear missile takes part in a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

Hidden Chinese tests bolster ‘nuclear warfighting’

China detonated a secret underground nuclear blast in 2020 that was detected by a seismic station in Kazakhstan and was aimed at improving Beijing's nuclear war fighting, according to a senior State Department arms control official.

February 18, 2026
This photograph released by Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, taken from a Taiwan Air Force P-3C Orion anti-submarine aircraft, shows a Chinese Cloud Shadow WZ-10 drone near Taiwan, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP) ** FILE **

China’s military reveals future air warfare plans

An internal Chinese military report has revealed that the People's Liberation Army is placing a heavy emphasis on waging advanced air war using stealth, drones and high-technology weapons.

February 12, 2026
A B-21 Raider conducts ground testing, taxiing and flying operations at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Courtesy photo and caption/U.S. Air Force)

Air Force urged to build 200 B-21 bombers

Current plans for U.S. bomber forces are inadequate for winning a future conflict with China and the Air Force needs 200 new B-21 bombers to bolster the strategic bomber shortfall, according to a new report by a think tank that supports the Air Force.

February 12, 2026
This photo, taken from a video distributed on Dec. 9, 2020, by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows a rocket launch as part of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile test at the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

U.S. rejects flawed New START arms accord

The Trump administration rejected continuing to abide by the expired New START agreement limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, because it fails to curb Moscow's strategic arsenal and excludes China's rapid expansion of its nuclear forces, a senior State Department official said Friday.

February 6, 2026