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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

China is building a port in Colombo, its second in Sri Lanka, as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. (Bill Gertz/The Washington Times)

China building second Sri Lanka port

China is building a second seaport on this strategic Indian Ocean island as part of the Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing's global expansion strategy.

October 28, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second left, and Secretary of Defence Mark Esper, left, stand for photographs with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, right, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. In talks on Tuesday with their Indian counterparts, Pompeo and Esper are to sign an agreement expanding military satellite information sharing and highlight strategic cooperation between Washington and New Delhi with an eye toward countering China. (Adnan Abidi/Pool via AP)

U.S., India boost security ties with an eye on China

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper met with their Indian counterparts for two days of talks here aimed at strengthening security ties in the face of growing aggressiveness by China.

October 27, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool via AP)

Mike Pompeo Asia trip to highlight China concerns

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departs on Sunday for a six-day, four-country visit to Asia meeting with regional leaders on defense and security issues, with growing concerns about China likely to be front and center in the talks.

October 22, 2020
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is the architect of conciliatory U.S. policies toward China. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump, Henry Kissinger clash on China

The Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, an influential advisory panel of former officials, is dominated by experts who do not reflect the hard-line policies toward China put into place under President Trump, according to analysts.

October 21, 2020
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro gestures while speaking to a reporter at the White House, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Peter Navarro: China working to defeat Trump

China's ruling Communist Party is continuing economic aggression and information warfare against the United States and is working to defeat President Trump in the next election, a senior White House official said Monday.

October 19, 2020
In this image made from video broadcasted by North Korea's KRT, military parade is held to mark the 75th anniversary of the country’s ruling party in Pyongyang Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020.(KRT via AP)

Kim Jong-un unveils North Korea missile to send Trump a message

ANALYSIS: North Korea's rollout over the weekend of an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of targeting the U.S. with a nuclear warhead showed that Pyongyang continues to expand its illegal weapons arsenal despite increased sanctions and diplomatic pressure from the Trump administration.

October 11, 2020
In this image made from video broadcasted by North Korea's KRT, military parade is held to mark the 75th anniversary of the country’s ruling party in Pyongyang Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020.(KRT via AP)

North Korea shows off new ICBM

North Korea's communist regime on Saturday unveiled yet another intercontinental-range ballistic missile capable landing warheads in the United States, according to state media reports.

October 10, 2020
President Trump is shown here in a Sept. 30, 2020 file photo walking out of the Oval Office. (Associated Press)  **FILE**

Donald Trump counters China on rare earth minerals

President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at countering China's drive to corner the international market on rare earth minerals -- key elements used in high-tech products that are the backbone of the U.S. economy and key weapons systems.

October 7, 2020
This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Arlington, Va.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) ** FILE **

Defense Science Board: Pentagon needs ‘Gray Zone’ weapons

The Pentagon needs better weapons for waging warfare below the level of conventional military conflict -- such as information and intelligence warfare capabilities -- to win against strategic competitors, according to a report by the Defense Science Board.

September 30, 2020