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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

President Donald Trump speaks after arriving on Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump dismisses Chinese spying concerns

President Trump appeared to dismiss U.S. national security concerns over large-scale Chinese intelligence collection, espionage and cyberattacks in a recent exchange with reporters noting similar U.S. practices.

August 28, 2026
YJ-17, hypersonic anti-ship missiles, pass during a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender, held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ** FILE **

China working on AI-powered hypersonic missiles

The Chinese military is studying the use of artificial intelligence to boost the capabilities of its hypersonic missiles in defeating U.S. missile defenses, according to an Air Force think tank report.

August 27, 2026
In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) conducts routine underway operations in the Philippine Sea on June 24, 2022. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arthur Rosen/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Navy warns all sailors to be vigilant against increased threats

All Navy personnel and their families face increased dangers of attacks from terrorism, drones and online threats since the Iran war began and are being urged to tighten security, acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said in a recent security notice.

August 25, 2026
China is watching our moves in Iran. Illustration by Alex Hunter of The Washington Times

A history of ‘relentless retaliation’

America has an important tradition of applying the maxim of "relentless retaliation" when it comes to our counterterrorism operations, and it needs to follow through with this policy in the case of Iran.

August 25, 2026
This image taken with a slow shutter speed on Oct. 2, 2019, and provided by the U.S. Air Force shows an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The world's nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear weapons as the countries continue to deepen their reliance on such deterrence in 2023, a Swedish think tank said Monday, June 17, 2024. (Staff Sgt. J.T. Armstrong/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

Pentagon weighs nuclear options amid China, Russia threats

The Pentagon is conducting a review of nuclear weapons use that seeks to provide the president and military leaders with greater options for using tactical nuclear weapons in a regional conflict while preventing an escalation into global thermonuclear war, according to a senior defense policymaker.

August 18, 2026
United States Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby waits for the start of a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) ** FILE **

Colby: Silence on Chinese aggression is a new strategy based on war fears

The Pentagon's senior defense policymaker on Thursday defended the lack of any mention of Chinese aggression toward the Philippines in the South China Sea or Beijing's military pressure against Taiwan in recent remarks as part of a new U.S. strategy aimed at avoiding a war with China.

August 13, 2026