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.

China’s Syria Strategy

[caption id="attachment_55255333" align="aligncenter" width="4000"] Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (L) is welcomed by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi before a meeting in Beijing on December…

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How the Euro Lost Its Luster

[caption id="attachment_55255286" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] The Euro sculpture, built in 2001, undergoes restoration, as it gets LED lights and new panels in blue and yellow on July 10, 2015…

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Don’t Speak, Memory

[caption id="attachment_55255280" align="aligncenter" width="1880"] MOSCOW, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 30 :Russia's President Vladimir Putin lays a bunch of red roses at the unveiling of the Wall of Grief…

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How the Eurozone Might Split

[caption id="attachment_55255288" align="aligncenter" width="5200"] European Union flag with fracturing Euro coin[/caption] by Mark Blyth and Simon Tilford In February 2016, the Organization for…

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Four Years after the Euromaidan

[caption id="attachment_55255212" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Anti-government protesters clash with police in Independence square on February 20, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. (Getty)[/caption] by…

Maia Otarashvili