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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

Visitors pass by the Huawei Atlas 900 A3 SuperPoD exhibited at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, July 28, 2025. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT

China’s threat to global internet is increasing

China's state-linked telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies is expanding control over large swaths of the global internet infrastructure that poses an "existential" national security threat, according to a former U.S. intelligence leader.

October 7, 2026
A Taiwan national flag flutters near the Taipei 101 building at the National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, May 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

War game highlights Taiwan response to Chinese communications attacks

China is ramping up "gray zone" warfare against Taiwan and the Taiwanese military and civilian population are focused on responding to major telecommunications attacks as part of Beijing's plan to coerce the annexation of the island, according to a think tank war game.

October 6, 2026
The Department of Energy in Washington, May 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

U.S. conducts explosion experiment at nuclear test site

The Energy Department's nuclear agency has conducted an explosive test in the Nevada desert designed to detect low-yield nuclear blasts from China and Russia, the National Nuclear Security Administration said Wednesday.

September 30, 2026
People's Liberation Army of China march during a military parade rehearsal for Vietnam's 80th National Day celebration in Hanoi, Vietnam, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Paparo: Forces ready to deter, fight a war with China

A continent and ocean away from the pageantry and theatrics of the U.S.-China summit last week, the commander of the Pacific Command revealed details on his effort to deter and, if needed, win a war against China.

September 30, 2026
Space Force vice chief of operations Gen. Michael A. Guetlein listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Golden Dome secrecy fuels debate over cost, effectiveness of system

Details of President Trump's planned Golden Dome missile defense remain hidden to prevent China and Russia from building countermeasures, but that secrecy is setting off a debate among lawmakers and missile defense experts about both costs and whether the system will work.

September 29, 2026

Air Force shuts down think tank on China’s military

The Air Force is closing down a strategic think tank that produces detailed, open-source reports on Chinese military air, space and cyber warfare capabilities, according to the service branch.

September 22, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a session of the BRICS Plus Outreach format in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

China state media previews Xi agenda for summit

Beijing's strategy for the upcoming summit between President Trump includes an effort to overcome a questionable theory that the two nations are headed for war, according to the Chinese Communist Party's flagship newspaper.

September 22, 2026