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.

Will Iran Become the Next North Korea?

[caption id="attachment_55254300" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A picture taken on August 20, 2010 shows an Iranian flag fluttering at an undisclosed location in the Islamic republic next to a…

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Will al Qaeda Make a Comeback?

[caption id="attachment_55254295" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Fighters from Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front drive in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo flying Islamist flags as they…

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President Trump’s Syria Conundrum

[caption id="attachment_55254291" align="aligncenter" width="900"] US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in…

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Siemens’ Crimea Scandal

[caption id="attachment_55254232" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A man looks at electricity supply meters at a house in Simferopol on November 22, 2015. Crimea declared a state of emergency on…

Maia Otarashvili

The Problem With Syria's Demographics

[caption id="attachment_55254218" align="aligncenter" width="900"] DAMASCUS, SYRIA - JANUARY 31: In this handout provided by the United Nation Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Residents wait in line…

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Why Extremism Is on the Rise in Bangladesh

[caption id="attachment_55254221" align="aligncenter" width="900"] DHAKA, BANGLADESH - MARCH 22: Men study at the Jamia Rahmania Arabia madrassa, where Mufti Jasim Uddin Rahmani who is the the…

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Hunger Games

[caption id="attachment_55254224" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A malnourished boy sits in the sand outside a hut on April 14, 2000 in a camp for people looking for food and water in Danan in…

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