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Reese Erlich

Saudi Arabia
For Congress,Saudi Arabia’s offing Khashoggi it isn’t Terrorism; Imagine if it were Iran

For Congress,Saudi Arabia’s offing Khashoggi it isn’t Terrorism; Imagine if it were Iran

Reese Erlich

Istanbul (48hills.org) – In 2013, an Iranian national living in Texas was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison for planning to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, D.C. The State Department alleged that Iran’s Al Quds force masterminded the terrorist plot. Although the bombing never took place and Iran denied any connection with the conspiracy, […]

Myanmar
Myanmar: Nobelist Suu Kyi silent as Rohingya Crisis Rolls On; let’s at Least help the Refugees

Myanmar: Nobelist Suu Kyi silent as Rohingya Crisis Rolls On; let’s at Least help the Refugees

Reese Erlich

I sneaked into Myanmar on a tourist visa because the military junta running the country made it almost impossible to travel as a journalist. So I thought I was the only foreign reporter in the capital of Yangon in July of 1995. I was relaxing one morning when BBC TV ran a bulletin that famous […]

Iraq
What 15 Years of US Occupation have Produced: Angry Iraqis

What 15 Years of US Occupation have Produced: Angry Iraqis

Reese Erlich

Militant protests continue in the oil rich city of Basra

Afghanistan
As Trump Expands Failed War in Afghanistan, he Stops Boasting about It

As Trump Expands Failed War in Afghanistan, he Stops Boasting about It

Reese Erlich

(San Francisco ( 48hills.org) – President Donald Trump is back on the stump, trumpeting his alleged triumphs since the 2016 elections. Somehow, he never mentions Afghanistan. For years, Trump has denounced endless foreign wars, including Afghanistan. He tweeted in 2012, for example, that Afghanistan is “a complete waste….Time to come home!” Once in power, however, […]

China
Trump has Launched a Trade War with China:  Why he will Lose

Trump has Launched a Trade War with China: Why he will Lose

Reese Erlich

When I first reported from China in 1980, bicycles outnumbered cars on Beijing’s major streets, and the tallest building in town was a 25-story hotel. I visited a small village that had one black and white TV, which everyone watched at night. Today China’s major cities are jammed with modern factories, skyscrapers, and large public […]

Syria
With 5 Powers fighting in Syria, who will come out on top? Netanyahu, Putin, or Trump?

With 5 Powers fighting in Syria, who will come out on top? Netanyahu, Putin, or Trump?

Reese Erlich

Other nations push their own interests to the detriment of the Syrian people

Mexico
Leftist Wave sweeps Mexico: Can Lopez Obrador take on Corruption, Poverty… & Trump?

Leftist Wave sweeps Mexico: Can Lopez Obrador take on Corruption, Poverty… & Trump?

Reese Erlich

Lopez Obrador also benefited from widespread voter anger at the establishment political parties

North Korea
What could Really Make a US-N. Korea Summit Work:  A Peace Treaty US Hawks Honor

What could Really Make a US-N. Korea Summit Work: A Peace Treaty US Hawks Honor

Reese Erlich

Democratic and Republican hawks in Washington are already trying to make sure there’s no meaningful peace accord

Israel/ Palestine
Why the Youth of Gaza Protest: It is their Squalid Open Air Prison, not Hamas

Why the Youth of Gaza Protest: It is their Squalid Open Air Prison, not Hamas

Reese Erlich

Conditions in Gaza are inhumane and continue to deteriorate

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