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.

Hezbollah’s Refugee Quandary

[caption id="attachment_55254014" align="aligncenter" width="900"] MAJDAL ANJAR, LEBANON - NOVEMBER 12: A displaced Syrian child is viewedin a makeshift camp for Syrian refugees only miles from the…

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Turkey's Patchwork Foreign Policy

Between Islamism and Pragmatism [caption id="attachment_55254000" align="aligncenter" width="1758"] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hands with Qatari Defense Minister Khalid bin…

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Rebooting American Foreign Policy

Where to Go From Here * The greatest threat to U.S. national security is North Korea’s accelerating nuclear and missile programs *The two countries’ economic integration gives both Washington and…

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ISIS After Mosul

What Does the Future Hold? * Everything else will be a mop up operation in terms of denying them control of territory. The claim of the caliphate at that point is shattered * With almost no…

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Britain in the Age of Extremism

[caption id="attachment_55253956" align="aligncenter" width="594"] LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 19: Prime Minister Theresa May and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick talk to faith leaders,…

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Trump’s Moment of Truth?

[caption id="attachment_55253966" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] WASHINGTON, D.C., USA - MAY 10, 2017: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US President Donald Trump, and Russia's Ambassador…

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