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A sign on a building slide with a silhouette depicting US president-elect Donald Trump that reads, "Climate crisis won't stop for a climate denier" on November 18, 2024, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. LUIS ROBAYO / AFP

Has Trump’s second term killed off ESG?

The famed framework for evaluating a firm's environmental, social, and governance impact has informed investment choices for several years. Have Trump's White House edicts left it bruised, or buried?

Nazareth Seferian 03 April 2025
Nash Weerasekera

Elon Musk: America's increasingly unpopular DOGE czar

The South African billionaire tasked with cutting US government spending is Trump's cheerleader for now, but as he accumulates critics both inside and outside the White House, it seems he may not last

Con Coughlin 13 April 2025
Julian D. Paulsen

How countries should respond to Trump’s tariffs

A 90-day pause on tariffs does not mean countries can now sit back and relax. From lying low to outright retaliation, a former US trade negotiator lists out the options available to world leaders.

Wendy Cutler 12 April 2025
US President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jingping during the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, July 29, 2019. Reuters

Can Washington and Beijing walk back their trade war?

Both countries have expressed interest in negotiations, but it may be a painful journey to get there

Lili Pike and Christina Lu 11 April 2025

Trump warns Iran of "great danger" if it doesn't end nuclear programme

Fares Garabet 10 April 2025
Sebastien Thibault

Project 2025: the blueprint behind Trump's radical polices

A political initiative to reshape the US government in favour of right-wing policies is said to be Trump's second-term blueprint. Al Majalla explores its vision of "a new future for conservatism."

Bryn Haworth 10 April 2025
New York Stock Exchange crash on Black Monday, April 7, 2025 AFP

A Fed rate cut can't fix global markets slump

Trump's tariff war has sent stock markets reeling, leaving investors looking to the US central bank for relief. But this is no quick fix.

Sharif Mohammad 08 April 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

Will Trump's tariffs unleash inflation?

Days after US president Donald Trump’s administration unveiled the sharpest ever escalation in American tariffs going back 200 years, Chair of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell said that tariffs…

Al Majalla - London 08 April 2025
Julian D. Paulsen

Why Trump's bid to peel Russia from China won't work

Trump thinks that lifting sanctions and reintegrating Russia will weaken Moscow's alliance with Beijing. That is short-sighted. The world Henry Kissinger exploited in 1970 is no longer.

Shirley Ze Yu 08 April 2025
Brian Stauffer

Will Trump back down from a global trade war?

The US president still has plenty of outs from his extreme tariffs

Bob Davis 07 April 2025
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP
Politics

Why Pakistan is well-placed to host US-Iran talks

24 March 2026

Islamabad is uniquely positioned to mediate between the warring parties. It also has more than enough reasons to want this war to end.

Kamal Alam
Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Foreign workers in the Gulf pay the price of war

24 March 2026

Millions working in the Gulf are worried about their livelihoods and the impact on their families, while their employers are worried that they will leave

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi
President of the European Council Charles Michel at the EU headquarters in Brussels on 28 June 2024. JOHN THYS / AFP
Politics

Former European Council president gets candid on US-Iran war

27 March 2026

In an interview with Al Majalla, Charles Michel explains how Trump didn't consult with allies before attacking Iran in a war that benefits Russia at Europe's expense

Ahmed Maher
Spanish writer Javier Cercas poses for a photo session during the 27th "Les Correspondances" literature festival in Manosque, southeastern France, on 27 September 2025. JOEL SAGET / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Javier Cercas on why novels thrive on ambiguity

26 March 2026

The Spanish novelist and professor shares his musings on memory, moral courage, deception and faith

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy
Al Majalla
Politics

Sipan Hamo on integrating Kurdish units into the army

26 March 2026

In Part 2 of a two-part interview, the newly appointed deputy defence minister outlines the mistakes made by the SDF and gives his outlook on Syria's future.

Ibrahim Hamidi

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