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.

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?

[caption id="attachment_55256470" align="aligncenter" width="5568"] Two men dressed as customs officers take part in a protest outside Stormont against Brexit and it's possible effect on the north…

Ronald Granieri

The Long Arc of Human Rights

[caption id="attachment_55256402" align="alignnone" width="940"] Rohingya refugees wade while holding a child after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on October 9,…

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The Reinvention of Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr

[caption id="attachment_55256399" align="alignnone" width="940"] Iraqi supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr wave the national flag as they listen to his speech during a demonstration in…

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Pompeo Draws a Red Line

[caption id="attachment_55256395" align="alignnone" width="940"] Mike Pompeo, U.S. secretary of state, speaks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, May 21, 2018. (Getty…

Joseph Braude

America’s JCPOA Departure

[caption id="attachment_55256341" align="aligncenter" width="5369"] President Donald J. Trump walks out after signing a National Security Presidential Memorandum and announcing the withdrawal of the…

Joseph Braude

The Never-Ending War on Terror

[caption id="attachment_55256344" align="aligncenter" width="4920"]A general view shows smoke and flames rising behind the minaret of a mosque in Yarmuk, a Palestinian refugee camp on the edge of…

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