Warning: Undefined array key "task" in /home/kassioun/web/kassioun.org/public_html/apps/app_quantent/src/Service/Router.php on line 534
United States
Skip to main content

مواضيع ومقالات حول #United States

| Saad Saeb | Articles

What is Expected of the Putin-Biden Summit? Generally, and in the Syrian Issue

In the context of the tremendous tension and escalation that our nuclear-armed world is experiencing, it is not hard to expect that a US-Russia summit, even another US-China summit, and perhaps a triple one, are matters that will inevitably happen at some point during Biden’s term. In fact, the amount of the massive escalation indicates that these summits will be held before too long. Less than t…
| kassioun | Editorials
The first thing that should be set aside while reading the American scene is the superficiality of making Trump’s “madness” the crux of the…
| Imad Tahhan | Articles
It is probably not difficult to explain Pompeo’s – who likely will not continue in office after 20 January 2021, when the new administratio…
| Saad Saeb | Articles
An article in the latest issue of Kassioun entitled Jeffrey Wants the “Quagmire Mission” to Go on… “Stalemate is Stability”, dealt with a s…

United States

Nov 3, 2020
In recent history of US presidential elections there have been none as close to these with regards to the intensity, polarization, and division among Americans. This is a reflection of the severe polarization in rhetoric of the candidates of the two parties dominating the political scene in the US, reaching public threats by Trump with woes and destruction if he loses the elections. The rhetoric…

Aug 13, 2020
Caesar Act And Normalization One very recent example is the latest US package of sanctions on Syria, which were passed as a law under the name the “Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019”, the statement of policy of which states the following: “It is the policy of the United States that diplomatic and coercive economic means should be utilized to compel the government of Bashar al-Assad to…

Jun 18, 2020
More importantly, within this “spectacle”, were the expectations and analyses linking the Caesar Act to the political solution, and even trying to portray it as the last blow that would lead to the implementation of UNSC Resolution 2254. What should be clarified regarding this issue are two fundamental aspects of what we believe to be the current US action plan toward Syria: Firstly: A Quagmire…

Jun 7, 2020
With regards to three hottest files in U.S. foreign files, Trump has dropped three bombs over the past few days. First, his comments on changing his stance on trade agreements with China. Secondly, his comments on being prepared to extend the START III treaty with Russia. Thirdly, his statements about seeking an agreement with Iran. This is all in contrast to his previous positions, in which the…

Apr 27, 2020
Extremism in the Syrian case requires one another and serves one another. In other words, extremism of each side separately, cannot continue and find support among the people without opposite extremism to justify it. These words remain detached and unclear, unless the social and political roots of extremism are highlighted. As for the social aspect, it lies within a small minority that does not…

Apr 22, 2020
•    The negative price of a barrel of oil is the price of trading on the stock market; it is the price of oil futures contracts for May that are sold and bought by financial investors. However, this does not mean that in the actual fields in the US there is no negative price. •    When the trading price was $20 in the contracts market, actual deals were being done at an average of $10 a barrel;…