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Reese Erlich

Reese Erlich is a freelance journalist who has reported from the Middle East for decades. His nationally distributed column, Foreign Correspondent, appears every two weeks. His most recent book is The Iran Agenda Today: the Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis (Routledge Books) ­. Follow him on Twitter at @ReeseErlich, or on Facebook, or at his website.

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Iraq
How Biden is already being drawn into unwinnable Tit for Tat with Iraqi Militias

How Biden is already being drawn into unwinnable Tit for Tat with Iraqi Militias

Reese Erlich

( 48hills.org ) – For the first time, the Biden Administration ordered a cross-border military attack in the Middle East. On February 26, seven US missiles slammed into a facility used by Iranian-backed militias in Syria. Washington was retaliating for the February 15 attack on a US base in northern Iraq. Biden is siding with […]

Authoritarianism
Trump’s Coup and Burma’s Coup:  What they have in Common

Trump’s Coup and Burma’s Coup: What they have in Common

Reese Erlich

The Asian country’s military overthrew its government over baseless claims of voter fraud. Sound familiar? ( 48hills.org) – This week, military officers in Myanmar (formerly Burma) overthrew that nation’s democratically elected government after the party it preferred lost the parliamentary elections. The military claimed voter fraud without presenting any proof. It tried to fill the […]

Donald Trump
Can Biden roll back Trump’s escalation and end catastrophic Yemen War?

Can Biden roll back Trump’s escalation and end catastrophic Yemen War?

Reese Erlich

The Biden Administration has a chance to undo a disastrous label and open the door for peace. ( 48hills.org) – One day before the Inauguration, the Trump Administration added Yemen’s Houthi movement to a list of foreign terrorist organizations. It was just the latest, desperate attempt to hamstring President Joe Biden’s promise to end the […]

Donald Trump
After fascist Capitol Insurrection, German Liberals don’t want to be “Led” by the U.S.A.

After fascist Capitol Insurrection, German Liberals don’t want to be “Led” by the U.S.A.

Reese Erlich

In the wake of the white nationalist mob takeover of the U.S. Capitol and Trump’s pending second impeachment, I contacted journalists and activists overseas to get an idea of how the rest of the world currently views us. Among other questions, I asked what issue Americans should be aware of that U.S. politicians and mainstream […]

Donald Trump
Iran assassination is way for Netanyahu and Trump to hurt Biden

Iran assassination is way for Netanyahu and Trump to hurt Biden

Reese Erlich

( 48hills.org) – Israel and Trump are deliberately trying to provoke a crisis for the next President to inherit, Iran sources say Imagine for a moment what would happen if unknown assassins murdered a high-ranking US scientist involved with chemical weapons. Let’s say officials in Iran quietly took responsibility, arguing that the US had violated […]

Epidemics
Who will be vaccinated first — and in what country? The upcoming fights over COVID vaccine

Who will be vaccinated first — and in what country? The upcoming fights over COVID vaccine

Reese Erlich

( 48hills.org) – In recent days, two US pharmaceutical companies announced that their COVID-19 vaccines could be available by December. US-based Pfizer, which partnered with the German-based BioNTech, said it has a 95 percent success rate during clinical trials. Biotechnology company Moderna also reported a vaccine with a 94.5 percent efficacy rate. CDC image Neither […]

Democratic Party
If President Biden is Smart, He’ll End America’s Forever Wars and Pour the Money into Jobs at Home

If President Biden is Smart, He’ll End America’s Forever Wars and Pour the Money into Jobs at Home

Reese Erlich

( 48hills.org) – I’m pissed. I’m pissed at Donald Trump for trying to shut down the vote count early and at Republicans seeking to steal the election using conservative-appointed federal judges. Will Biden end unpopular foreign wars? But I’m also mad at Joe Biden and the Democratic Party big shots who got Biden elected but […]

Donald Trump
Rightwing Populism Will Make You Sick—Really

Rightwing Populism Will Make You Sick—Really

Reese Erlich

(Foreign Correspondent) – The four countries with the most confirmed COVID-19 infections in the world are all led by rightwing populists: the US, India, Brazil, and Russia. Throw in the United Kingdom, which has the largest infection rate in Europe, and you have a common pattern. Leaders of these countries pose as men of the […]

Donald Trump
It’s a Hawk!  It’s a Dove!  It’s Donald Trump, playing both sides against the Middle

It’s a Hawk! It’s a Dove! It’s Donald Trump, playing both sides against the Middle

Reese Erlich

( 48hills.org) – President Donald Trump has convinced Republican isolationists and hawks that he supports their views. That’s a neat trick, since the two groups hold opposing positions. Trump gets support from hardline interventionists for his efforts to overthrow governments in Iran and Venezuela, while backing the aggressive policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. […]

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