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.

Privileges to Poverty

[caption id="attachment_55257135" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Movenpick Resort in Ain Sohkna (Source- Maria Asaad).[/caption] By Maria Asaad I remember looking up towards the blinding ball of…

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Macron's Reformist Victory

[caption id="attachment_55257129" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Employees of French state-owned railway transport company SNCF join a demonstration called by nine pensioner unions on June 14, 2018…

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The Fall of Daraa

[caption id="attachment_55257123" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A Free Syrian Army fighter in Yadouda, in Syria's Daraa Province, May 2018. (Reuters)[/caption] by Suha Maayeh and Nicholas A…

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A New Military Strategy for Japan

[caption id="attachment_55257060" align="aligncenter" width="3505"] Replenishment ship Tokiwa's captain Yasuo Takamori (2nd R) of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) supplies fuel and water to…

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Standing Up for Democracy

[caption id="attachment_55257056" align="aligncenter" width="4441"] United States Capital Building Dome. (Getty)[/caption] By Richard Fontaine In its 2018 National Defense Strategy, released in…

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