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.

A Pan-Eurasian Dream in Progress

[caption id="attachment_55254924" align="aligncenter" width="3213"] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R) attend the opening ceremony of the first…

Yasmine Ahmed

Is the Future Human?

by Bryn Haworth* In his book Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari is concerned with a human future that is no longer strictly human at all. It is a future that finally belongs to the geeks and to their…

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Hariri’s Resignation Exposed Hezbollah

[caption id="attachment_55254910" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri makes a public appearance at his home "Beit al-Wasat" November 22, 2017 in Beirut, Lebanon…

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China's Booming Sharing Economy

[caption id="attachment_55254899" align="aligncenter" width="5000"] A parking lot for Car2Share, which is a station-based car sharing system offered by Mercedes. (Getty)[/caption] by James Yan …

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After ISIS, What's Next for Marawi?

[caption id="attachment_55254894" align="aligncenter" width="4000"] Blindfolded suspected self-styled ISIS group members are transported in a police vehicle after being captured in a village in…

Yasmine Ahmed

The East is Green?

[caption id="attachment_55254888" align="aligncenter" width="5612"] Chinese tourists wear masks as protection from the pollution outside the Forbidden City during a day of high pollution on December…

Yasmine Ahmed

America's Kurdish Conundrum

[caption id="attachment_55254885" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] People are seen on the street in the old city on October 27, 2017 in Erbil, Iraq. (Getty)[/caption] by Behnam Ben Taleblu and Merve…

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How America Can Win in Iran

[caption id="attachment_55254854" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels shout slogans during a gathering to mobilise more fighters to battlefronts to fight pro-government…

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