A year after his election, Donald Trump remains more present and influential than ever. No longer merely an extraordinary president or a political anomaly, he has come to embody a deep shift in American sentiment and in how the world’s foremost superpower conducts its global affairs.
How Trump reshaped the world is the cover story of Al Majalla’s November issue, marking one year since his election. We present articles and interviews examining the key developments in the United States and across the globe during his first year in office.

Three Cheers for Trump's Foreign Policy

[caption id="attachment_55257319" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guest gathered during a campaign event at the International Air Response…

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The Security Risks of a Trade War With China

[caption id="attachment_55257280" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) arrives at the Wusong military port on November 16, 2015 in Shanghai, China…

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Putin's Plan to Russify the Caucasus

[caption id="attachment_55257268" align="aligncenter" width="950"] Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) and Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy Vladimir Korolev…

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Is Japan Becoming a Country of Immigration?

[caption id="attachment_55257265" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A tourist in front of Tokyo's Imperial Palace, November 2016. (Reuters)[/caption] By Yunchen Tian, Erin Aeran Chung As the only…

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The People's Authoritarian

by Michael Kimmage Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation. Serhii Plokhy. Basic Books, 2017. 432pp. The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the…

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The Liberal Order Is More Than a Myth

[caption id="attachment_55257213" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Flags outside the United Nations (UN) Office as the fourth round of the intra-Syrian talks begin in Geneva, Switzerland on February…

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Is a Storm Brewing in the Taiwan Strait?

[caption id="attachment_55257207" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen inspects a military exercise at Penghu Islands on May 25, 2017 in Penghu, Taiwan. (Getty Images)[…

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