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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

What the Khashoggi case tells us about terrorism

ISTANBUL -- In 2013, an Iranian national living in Texas was sentenced to 25 years in prison for planning to assassinate the Saudi ambassador...

Assassination of Philippine leader 35 years ago holds lessons for today

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Filipinos remember a disaster that hit their country 35 years ago. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Philippine leader...

Chairman John Bolton takes over North Korea

PYONGYANG --North Korean leader Kim Jong-un announced today that he was resigning and appointing John Bolton as the country's new supreme leader. Kim, apparently acting...

The complex politics of Myanmar …

I sneaked into Myanmar on a tourist visa because the military junta running the country made it almost impossible to travel as a journalist....

What 15 years of war has brought us: Angry Iraqis

Militant protests continue in the oil rich city of Basra despite a harsh government crackdown. Thousands of Iraqis are demanding jobs, restoration of basic...

Foreign Correspondent: Trump in Afghanistan

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...

American Psychological Association beats back military psychologists

On Wednesday the leadership council of the American Psychological Association (APA) voted by an overwhelming 61-33% to keep its current policy prohibiting members from...

Psychologists push to return to Guantanamo Bay

American Psychological Association (APA) policy prohibits members from working for the military in Guantanamo or any site where torture takes place. Now some military...

Why Trump will lose the trade war with China

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...

Netanyahu, Putin, and Trump — jockeying for power in Syria

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Russian bombs rained down on towns of southern Syria as an estimated 320,000 civilians fled for their lives. Over the past several...