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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

A recent wave of violence in Russia, including bombings in Volgograd on Dec. 29 and Dec. 30 (above), have stoked fears of a terror attack at the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin, File)

Inside the Ring: Moscow creates 1,500-mile security zone around Sochi

U.S. national security and law enforcement agencies monitoring security at the Sochi Olympics say the southern Russian city faces a high risk of an Islamist terrorism attack. One message from a security analyst to those considering attending the Winter Games: Don't go.

January 15, 2014
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel offended Beijing by calling its navy "irresponsible" after the near collision of a U.S. guided missile cruiser and a Chinese vessel Dec. 5. A Communist Party news outlet said Mr. Hagel "shows U.S. hegemony addiction." (associated press)

Inside the Ring: Senate to block ICBM cuts

The Pentagon is facing strong opposition from Congress to an environmental study of Minuteman III missile silos that is needed before 50 land-based strategic missiles can be deactivated under President Obama's disarmament agenda.

December 25, 2013
An RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle conducts tests over the Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Md. (NORTHROP GRUMMAN VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Inside the Ring: China targets Global Hawk drone

China's military is planning to counter surveillance by the Pentagon's long-range Global Hawk drone, which currently is deployed on Guam and flying reconnaissance missions aimed at China.

December 11, 2013
** FILE ** Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Inside the Ring: U.S. funds China’s nuclear security

The Obama administration is funding a joint nuclear security center in Beijing designed to stem nuclear weapons proliferation — despite recent state-run media reports showing Beijing's plans to hit U.S. cities with nuclear missiles that would kill millions of Americans during a conflict.

November 20, 2013
China is reportedly testing a precision guided manuevering torpedo. A report concludes that "China's growing diplomatic, economic, and military clout is changing the regional security architecture."

Inside the Ring: Danger of China conflict grows

As China steps up sovereignty claims over disputed waters in Asia, U.S. military forces face the growing risk of conflict with the Chinese military, according to a draft congressional report.

November 13, 2013
Alexander

Inside the Ring: U.S. grid threatened

An Energy Department-sponsored study of the U.S. electrical power grid publicly identifies numerous vulnerabilities to cyberattacks by nations or terrorists, including hacking that could cause widespread power outages.

October 30, 2013
Iran's state-run Fars News agency reported that the Iranian military supplied Russia with a copy of a U.S. ScanEagle drone supposedly captured by Iran in 2012. (Insitu Pacific/File)

Inside the Ring: Here come the drones

China is preparing its military to conduct warfare with offensive and defensive spying and attack drones, according to a Chinese colonel.

October 23, 2013
**FILE** Rep. Frank R. Wolf, Virginia Republican (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Russia to test new missile

Russia will test launch a controversial missile over the next several weeks that U.S. officials say is raising new concerns about Moscow's growing strategic nuclear arsenal and Russia's potential violations of arms treaties.

October 16, 2013
Li Keqiang

Inside the Ring: China fears U.S. financial default

U.S. officials say recent statements by Chinese authorities indicate fear in Beijing that a U.S. government default would endanger China's $1.3 trillion worth of investments in the United States.

October 9, 2013
Talks on Tuesday during the U.N. General Assembly between Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about Syria's chemical weapons were described as "constructive," diplomatic-speak for cautious optimism. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: U.S. caving to Russia on Syria use of force language

From the briefing, it appears the Obama administration is backing away from an outline "framework" arms agreement reached in Geneva with the Russians that states any Syrian violations of chemical arms dismantlement would be met with a "Chapter 7" response under the U.N. Charter. That section authorizes the use of military force under the U.N. Security Council.

September 25, 2013

Inside the Ring: Syria, Iraq and weapons of mass destruction

The U.S.-Russia agreement to dismantle Syria's chemical weapons is reigniting a controversy over the 2003 covert operation by Russian special operations forces to remove Iraqi weapons — including chemical arms — and move them to Syria and Lebanon prior to the Iraq War.

September 18, 2013
A Chinese H-6 bomber recently flew through the Miyako Strait between Okinawa and the Senkakus. (Japan Defense Ministry)

Inside the Ring: FBI targets Syrian hackers

A hacker group linked to the Syrian government was "highly effective" in conducting cyberattacks against social media over the past several months, according to an FBI advisory.

September 11, 2013