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.

Trump in Riyadh - Time to Confront Iran?

[caption id="attachment_55253648" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Donald Trump speaks at a the Stop The Iran Nuclear Deal protest in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on September 9,…

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Trump and the Saudi Art of the Deal

[caption id="attachment_55253645" align="aligncenter" width="2835"] Saudi Defense Minister Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud (L) meets US President Donald Trump (R) at the White House…

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Book Reviews: Managing the Migrant Crisis

by Elizabeth Collett The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First-Century Refugee Crisis. Patrick Kingsley. Liveright, 2017. 368pp. Cast Away: True Stories of Survival From Europe’s Refugee…

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Hezbollah after Obama’s Honeymoon 

[caption id="attachment_55253574" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] Members of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement sit with picture of Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei on thier head…

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Meeting Macron in the Middle

[caption id="attachment_55253577" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] PARIS - JUNE 30: The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in blue with gold stars, representing the EU flag, to mark the French European…

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