Reese Erlich

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Reese Erlich’s nationally distributed column, Foreign Correspondent, appears every two weeks in 48 Hills. Erlich is an adjunct professor in International Studies at the University of San Francisco. Follow him on Twitter @ReeseErlich; friend him on Facebook (Reese Erlich Foreign Correspondent); and visit his webpage: www.reeseerlich.com

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign correspondent: Libya, the forgotten war

July 2, 2020

I arrived at the airport in Tripoli, Libya, on assignment for CBS Radio with my paperwork in order. I even had the phone numbers...

News + Politics

Foreign Correspondent: Lessons from the Cuban police

June 22, 2020

A group of muscular cops carrying semi-automatic pistols and batons slowly move through the crowd at the end of an outdoor salsa concert. My...

Foreign Correspondent

The rest of the world sees uprisings, not riots

June 5, 2020

One of Germany's largest dailies ran the headline “This killer cop set America ablaze,” with a photo of the Minneapolis police officer who killed...

COVID

How Cuba is succeeding in the fight against COVID

May 28, 2020

One morning along a street with cracked sidewalks and houses with fading paint, Dr. Liz Caballero and two medical students stopped at every door...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Michael Flynn’s forgotten Turkish connection

May 22, 2020

Trump’s Justice Department wants to drop all charges against former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn despite his having admitted to being guilty. Twice. The...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Trump v. Biden on foreign policy

May 8, 2020

We all know that President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been a disaster. But is Joe Biden’s any better? Trump promised to stop America's endless...

COVID

Foreign Correspondent: Washington’s COVID blame game

April 24, 2020

The Republican Party is trying to shift blame for President Donald Trump’s disastrous coronavirus policies onto China. Chinese communists, Republican leaders claim, hid the...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Here comes the recession

April 10, 2020

The current recession was triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. But after 11 years of economic boom, a capitalist bust was inevitable. And it’s being...

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Foreign Correspondent: US beats the drums of war in Iran

March 29, 2020

While the world focuses on the coronavirus pandemic, tensions between the US and Iran are heating up. The two countries are engaging in tit-for-tat military...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign correspondent: I was under a brief coronavirus quarantine

March 13, 2020

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On February 22, I left Iran after a week of covering the country’s parliamentary elections. Ten days...

Reese Erlich

Foreign correspondent: Libya, the forgotten war

Foreign Correspondent: Lessons from the Cuban police

The rest of the world sees uprisings, not riots

How Cuba is succeeding in the fight against COVID

Foreign Correspondent: Michael Flynn’s forgotten Turkish connection

Foreign Correspondent: Trump v. Biden on foreign policy

Foreign Correspondent: Washington’s COVID blame game

Foreign Correspondent: Here comes the recession

Foreign Correspondent: US beats the drums of war in Iran

Foreign correspondent: I was under a brief coronavirus quarantine

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