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.

Foreign Aid: Good, Bad, or a Bit of Both?

[caption id="attachment_55255667" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] A young boy rests by empty USAID vegetable oil tins in the Dagahaley refugee camp which makes up part of the giant Dadaab refugee…

Majalla

Can Ukraine Win Its War on Corruption?

[caption id="attachment_55255579" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Activists supporting Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia and former governor of the Odesa region of Ukraine, march…

Yasmine Ahmed

The Backlash to Belt and Road

[caption id="attachment_55255574" align="aligncenter" width="3424"] Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 5, 2017 in Xiamen, Fujian Province of…

Majalla

Just and Unjust Leaks

[caption id="attachment_55255569" align="aligncenter" width="5288"] NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks via videoconference at "Why Didn't a Tech Journalist Break PRISM?" during the 2014 SXSW…

Majalla

Did Khomeini Kidnap Moussa Al-Sadr?

[caption id="attachment_55255521" align="aligncenter" width="585"] Imam Musa al-Sadr[/caption] by Hanin Ghaddar Last month, a former Iranian parliamentarian made a statement that brought back all…

Hanin Ghaddar