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G20 Leaders meet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18, 2024. Countries like Turkey, Argentina and India have welcomed Trump's win. Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP

Why emerging powers are welcoming Trump’s victory

Traditional powers are worried about Trump 2.0, but much of the world has had the opposite reaction

Christopher S. Chivvis and Beatrix Geaghan-Breiner 25 November 2024
Barbara Gibson

Like his predecessors, Trump will keep giving Israel the green light

The president-elect's upcoming Oval Office return is good news for Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right cabinet and bad news for Palestinians in Gaza under Israel's unrelenting air strikes

Majed Kayali 24 November 2024
Michael Flynn, the former US National Security advisor to former President Trump, speaks at a campaign event. Dustin Franz / GETTY

How Michael Flynn won Trump the Arab vote

After a successful military career that latterly focused on counterterrorism, Donald Trump's first pick for National Security Advisor continues to exert an influence almost eight years later

Kamal Alam 23 November 2024
President Donald Trump on October 11, 2019 hailed a breakthrough in his drawn-out trade war with China, saying the two sides reached an initial deal covering intellectual property, financial services and currencies. Nicholas Kamm / AFP

What an even more hawkish China policy could look like

A new report lays out recommendations on artificial intelligence, trade, and investment as Trump prepares to take office

Rishi Iyengar 23 November 2024
A still from the film, The Apprentice

Trump biopic shows the apprentice who outshone the mentor

Scripted by journalist Gabriel Sherman and directed by Ali Abbasi, 'The Apprentice' doesn't claim to be a definitive portrayal of the president-elect, but it does help explain why he is how he is

Areej Jamal 22 November 2024
For illustrative purposes only. A man with the Latin words Deus Vult (God wills it) tattooed on his head is pictured. The phrase reveres the medieval Crusades when Christians earned their spurs, killing 'infidel' Muslims and Jews. Thomas COEX / AFP

Trump picks shed light on Christian Zionists' dark fealty to Israel

Christian Zionists have long prided themselves on their undeviating support for Israel, but a closer look exposes an allegiance rooted in white supremacy, antisemitism, and Islamaphobia

Bryn Haworth 21 November 2024

Biden allows Ukraine to use US missiles inside Russia

Fares Garabet 21 November 2024
A lineup of some of Trump's foreign policymaker picks, which include Marco Rubio as secretary of state, Pete Hegseth as defence secretary, Elise Stefanik as US ambassador to the UN and Mike Walz as National Security advisor. AFP

Trump cabinet picks: A dream line-up for Israel's far right

The general feeling within Netanyahu's entourage is one of jubilation. In fact, they couldn't have picked more favourable appointees themselves.

Michael Horowitz 19 November 2024
Al Majalla-Alamy-Getty Images

Pete Hegseth: Trump's bombshell SecDef pick

The former Fox News presenter and Trump loyalist doesn't have senior military experience—something that has riled the US security establishment

Con Coughlin 18 November 2024
Businessman Walter London reveals a T-shirt with US President-elect Donald Trump on it, at the headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange after he was announced the winner of the election on November 6, 2024. AFP

The world braces for Trump's America First economic promises

Plans for trade tariffs, deregulation, and mass deportations will have huge repercussions on industries like finance, oil, and manufacturing. Meanwhile, the deficit is set to balloon.

Abdulfattah Khattab 17 November 2024
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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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