Skip to content
Advertisement
Author profile
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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to U.S. troops during a joint press conference with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025. (Bill Gertz/The Washington Times)

Hegseth clarifies new defense strategy

A forthcoming national defense strategy will keep the Pentagon's main focus on threats from Communist China in addition to placing a new emphasis on homeland and Western Hemisphere defenses, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

October 30, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to U.S. troops during a joint press conference with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2025. (Bill Gertz/The Washington Times)

Hegseth’s high-level meeting

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he plans to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Defense Minister Adm. Dong Jun during a visit to Malaysia for a session of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

October 29, 2025
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a joint press conference with Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Rekindling the warrior ethos: Hegseth defends tough talk to generals

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday defended a Sept. 30 speech some military and political leaders have slammed , saying his blunt-spoken address to a rare gathering of hundreds of high-ranking military officers was intended to retool thinking across the entire chain of command.

October 29, 2025
President Donald Trump, right, points as reporters raise their hands to ask questions during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, obstructed at left, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, October 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Trump on China: Is a Taiwan deal in the works?

President Trump disclosed this week that talks with China could result in some type of deal on Taiwan, an unofficial U.S. ally facing the prospect of a Chinese military takeover.

October 22, 2025
The energy industry is expecting a large uptick in electricity consumption because of the growing use of power-hungry artificial intelligence systems, and lawmakers are looking for ways to prevent the cost burden from hitting ordinary consumers. AI concept file image credit: Blue Andy via Shutterstock.

AI modernizing nuclear warheads

The Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration is using artificial intelligence as part of an extensive modernization program for nuclear warheads.

October 16, 2025
State Department building in Washington D.C. ** FILE **

Arrested State Department adviser linked to China

An adviser to the State Department and Pentagon was arrested this week. He is suspected of providing information to Chinese officials, according to an FBI affidavit in the case.

October 15, 2025