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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

China upgrades force projection doctrine

Along with a large-scale nuclear and conventional arms buildup, China is upgrading its military doctrine to include guidance focusing on rapid military power projection, according to Pentagon intelligence officials.

December 7, 2016

ISIS recruitment, resolve strong despite State Department degradation

The State Department on Monday released details of its most recent meeting of representatives of what it calls the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL -- the Islamic State terrorist group.

November 30, 2016

Donald Trump’s Japan policy awaited by Shinzo Abe

A nervous Japanese government is trying to figure out how American security policies will change under a Donald Trump administration.

November 16, 2016

Donald Trump advisers battle moderate Republicans in transition

The stunning upset election of Donald Trump on Tuesday has set off a behind-the-scenes political battle inside the Trump transition team in Washington.

November 9, 2016

Inside the Ring: Russia holds large-scale nuclear war games

Analysts at the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency closely monitored a recent Russian nuclear forces exercise that was one of the largest strategic drills of its kind since the Soviet era.

November 2, 2016

Susan Rice, Obama engage enemies of U.S.

White House National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice remains among the more low-profile presidential advisers serving at the higher levels of the waning administration of President Obama. Details emerged this month showing Ms. Rice in 2008 was vetted for a national security post in the anticipated new administration and shared Mr. Obama's willingness to work with enemies of the U.S.

October 26, 2016

Russia missile treaty violation worsens, lawmakers tell Obama

Two House committee chairmen wrote to President Obama this week revealing that Russian violations of a key missile treaty had worsened and that Moscow unambiguously cheated on the accord.

October 19, 2016

Pentagon issues handbook on sex change in the ranks

Political correctness remains a central characteristic of the Obama administration's policies. Take the Pentagon's new anti-discrimination policy on what a newly-published handbook calls "gender dysphoria," or "the distress that some transgender individuals experience due to a mismatch between their gender and their sex assigned at birth."

October 12, 2016

Inside the Ring: Pokemon Go security worries

The hugely popular augmented reality video game Pokemon GO, where users chase virtual creatures in the real world with handheld devices, is creating new security worries around the world, according to a State Department report.

October 5, 2016

China cyber espionage continues

U.S. Cyber Command recently reported within secret government channels that China is continuing aggressive cyber espionage against American companies.

September 28, 2016

China, Russia space war weapons on fast track

The nominee to lead the U.S. Strategic Command warned Congress this week that China and Russia are rapidly building space warfare capabilities and the United States is lagging behind in efforts to counter the threat.

September 21, 2016

Inside the Ring: North Korea seeks aid while building nukes

The North Korean regime of Kim Jong-un is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to develop nuclear weapons and missiles at the same time the government is begging international aid groups to provide flood relief.

September 14, 2016

Inside the Ring: Clinton email compromised in hostile cyberattacks

The FBI's once-secret report on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's email system reveals that messages sent to aides were compromised by hostile foreign actors.

September 7, 2016

Islamic State: From nation-state to terror group

Battlefield successes against the Islamic State could force the group to shift away from nation-state status to a less visible terror threat, the commander of the U.S. Central Command said this week.

August 31, 2016

Pentagon’s Office of Threat assement under fire from military, Congress

The Pentagon's storied Office of Net Assessment (ONA) is coming under fire from critics inside the military and in Congress for failing to produce more of its signature product, namely, top-secret net assessments.

August 24, 2016

China advances toward ‘Star Trek’-like teleportation

Xinhua said eventually quantum communication could produce physical teleportation, as shown in the 1960s science fiction program "Star Trek."

August 18, 2016

Inside the Ring: Senate chairman hits Obama on test ban treaty

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has warned President Obama not to circumvent the Senate's constitutional authority by seeking United Nations approval of a nuclear test ban treaty voted down 17 years ago.

August 17, 2016

Pentagon bans Pokemon Go over spying fears

A Pentagon source tells Inside the Ring that the Defense Department has banned the playing of the mobile video game Pokemon Go within Defense Department facilities, over concerns the popular application could facilitate foreign spying.

August 11, 2016

U.S.-backed rebels move on Syrian city of Manbij

American-backed rebels in Syria on Wednesday closed in on the northern city of Manbij, a key stronghold for Islamic State terrorists who have used it to control access to the Turkish border, around 28 miles from the city that is located about 18 miles west of the Euphrates River.

August 10, 2016

Gavin Long, cop killer, linked to separatists

The former Marine sergeant who murdered three Louisiana police officers this week was part of a black anti-government movement called the Moorish Nation, according to a law enforcement intelligence report.

July 20, 2016

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