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.

Mr. Trump’s Afghan Plan

[caption id="attachment_55254437" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A U.S. Marine from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. takes up a fighting position after off…

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Midsummer Madness at the Home Office

[caption id="attachment_55254449" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Your Love Is Fire at Summerhall, Edinburgh part of the Arab Arts Focus in this year’s festival.[/caption] by Bryn Haworth* …

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Europe's "Migrant Hunters"

[caption id="attachment_55254452" align="aligncenter" width="900"] African migrants travel in the back of a truck across the Sahara Desert. (Photo by Jacob Silberberg/Getty Images)[/caption] by…

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The Hollowing Out of the Special Relationship

[caption id="attachment_55254456" align="aligncenter" width="900"] U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and British Prime Minister Theresa May ,participate in a joint press conference at the East Room of…

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Don't Blame the Robots

[caption id="attachment_55254429" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Robotics student Gildo Andreoni interacts with a Dexmart robotic hand built at the University of Bologna in the Robotville…

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The Nuclear Option

[caption id="attachment_55254423" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Large solar panels are seen in a solar power plant in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 8, 2013. …

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What Iraq's Kurdish Peshmerga Believe

[caption id="attachment_55254420" align="aligncenter" width="900"] An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter, next to a Kurdish flag, holds a position in Sheikh Ali village near the town of Bashiqa, some…

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Why the U.S. Needs Its Envoys

[caption id="attachment_55254416" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A picture taken on November 17, 2016 shows the national flags of the members of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) states…

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France’s Gamble

[caption id="attachment_55254413" align="aligncenter" width="900"] US President Donald Trump (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) shake hands ahead of a working lunch, at the US ambassador's…

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