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.

The Women Who Escaped ISIS

[caption id="attachment_55255200" align="aligncenter" width="4112"] Iraqi women pose for a photo in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on December 10, 2017, during a gathering celebrating the end of the three…

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Iran’s Fourth Estate

[caption id="attachment_55255129" align="aligncenter" width="787"] Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres- RSF) activists take part in a protest in front of an Iran Air agency in Paris,…

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Why the Taliban Isn't Winning in Afghanistan

[caption id="attachment_55255137" align="aligncenter" width="4928"] Taliban fighters stand with their seized weapons as they are presented to the media in Kabul on January 5, 2016. (Getty)[/caption]…

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Hezbollah Will Not Yield Lebanon

[caption id="attachment_55255084" align="aligncenter" width="5724"] Young female supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah Shiite movement hold a giant symbolic key of Palestinian homes during a rally held…

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Will Iran be challenged in 2018?

[caption id="attachment_55255080" align="aligncenter" width="6432"] Iran's President Hassan Rouhani ( Getty Images)[/caption] by:Hanin Ghaddar As the New Year unfolds, the Middle East looks more…

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Europe's Authoritarian Equilibrium

by R. Daniel Kelemen* On Wednesday, December 20, the European Commission took a historic step to defend the rule of law in Poland. For the first time ever, the Commission triggered Article 7(1)…

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Trump and the Bond Market

[caption id="attachment_55255109" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (Getty)[/caption] by…

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Macron’s World

[caption id="attachment_55255102" align="aligncenter" width="5246"] French President Emmanuel Macron listens to employees during a visit to the Whirlpool factory in Amiens, northern France, on…

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The Myanmar Military's Legacy of Impunity

[caption id="attachment_55255072" align="aligncenter" width="7360"] A Rohingya refugee boy desperate for aid cries as he climbs on a truck distributing aid for a local NGO near the Balukali refugee…

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