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.

Imagining Refugia

[caption id="attachment_55254738" align="aligncenter" width="4131"] Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani look on near makeshift tents in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc,…

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Staying the Course in Afghanistan

[caption id="attachment_55254735" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] Members of the media try to protect themselves from dust blown up by a British forces transport helicopter as it lands at the…

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Xi Enters New Era of Power

[caption id="attachment_55254728" align="aligncenter" width="3628"] China's President Xi Jinping waves as he attends the opening session of the 19th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the…

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From Rhetoric to Action

[caption id="attachment_55254676" align="aligncenter" width="4640"] Iran's President Hassan Rouhani answers a question during a press conference in New York on September 20, 2017, on the sideline of…

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The Postcolonial Cold War

[caption id="attachment_55254692" align="aligncenter" width="3328"] Mao Tse Toung (1893-1976) chinese president here during review of army of The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in Pekin,…

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Don't Fund Syria's Reconstruction

[caption id="attachment_55254684" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] A Kurdish Syrian woman walks with her child past the ruins of the town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, on March 25, 2015. …

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Making Jihad Pay

[caption id="attachment_55254681" align="aligncenter" width="3808"] A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of ISIS in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre…

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