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How Donald Trump sees the world and the way he makes decisions will help to determine US foreign policy Nigel Buchanan

More so than advisors, Trump’s instincts will make US foreign policy

There are clues as to Trump's foreign policy, and a defence strategy outlines in some detail what his administration hopes to achieve. Yet, he will still shoot from the hip.

Robert Ford 09 August 2024
Al Majalla - London

Trumpian Transformations: who would be affected by Trump Mk II

If Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump wins a second term in November’s election, US policy would shift in several big areas, according to The Economist.His party's platform - a 16-page…

Al Majalla - London 06 August 2024
Nash Weerasekera

America is divided... who will rule over it?

The presidential campaign suddenly looks different. How would a second Trump White House or a first Harris administration approach the Middle East?

Al Majalla - London 04 August 2024
Brian Stauffer

The effects of a Trump or Harris presidency on the Middle East

Donald Trump's previous administration offers clues as to how he would approach 2025-29, but Kamala Harris is more of an unknown quantity. Whoever wins, their policies would ripple through the region

Paul Salem 04 August 2024
Nash Weerasekera

How a President Harris might approach the Middle East

Kamala Harris is new to the presidential election campaign and largely an unknown quantity on foreign policy. Yet there are clues as to how she may approach the region if she wins the White House

Amal Mudallali 04 August 2024
US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a campaign event on July 27, 2024. Stephanie Scarbrough/Reuters

Can Kamala Harris win?

Joe Biden's vice-president has an extraordinary opportunity. But she also has a mountain to climb

The Economist 30 July 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. Roberto Schmidt / AFP

Netanyahu belts out all the old tunes but sounds a little off-key

The Israeli prime minister has addressed America's combined political representatives four times now. His oration is famed, but this week he failed to deliver what everyone wanted: a plan.rn

Aqeel Abbas 26 July 2024
US President Joe Biden faces off with former President Donald Trump in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections with US President Joe Biden at CNN's studios. CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA / AFP

Democrats in panic mode after Biden's 'disastrous' debate performance

While replacing Biden at this late stage would be challenging, the party still has time to choose a new nominee before the Democratic convention in late August

Con Coughlin 28 June 2024

US elections: Trump-Biden faceoff most likely

Fares Garabet 25 January 2024
From Ukraine to Russia, South Africa to India and Taiwan to the US, elections gain added significance in a turbulent world. Eduardo Ramon

40 elections in 2024 that could reshape world

From Ukraine to Russia, South Africa to India and Taiwan to the US, elections gain added significance in a turbulent world

Al Majalla - London 19 January 2024
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Politics

Mojtaba Khamenei: Iran’s third Supreme Leader

12 March 2026

The appointment represents one of the most consequential political shifts in the Islamic Republic in more than three decades

Al Majalla - London
IRGC soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran on 22 September, 2018. AFP
Politics

The US-Iran war could empower the IRGC

09 March 2026

When states are attacked, authority gravitates towards institutions capable of mobilising resources, enforcing discipline, and coordinating a military response

Alex Vatanka
Demonstrators wave Iranian national flags as they gather for a rally in support of the new Supreme Leader at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on 9 March 2026. AFP
Politics

Why regime change in Iran is unlikely

10 March 2026

There are few examples of successful US regime-change operations in history. And without permanent ground troop presence, these wins can easily be reversed.

Christopher Phillips
Tugboats help an oil tanker dock at Qingdao port in Shandong province, eastern China, on 4 August 2019. AFP
Business & Economy

The US-Iran war could consolidate China’s energy dominance

10 March 2026

Crises often reorder energy geopolitics in unexpected ways. This one may ultimately strengthen, rather than weaken, China's strategic position.

Jason Bordoff and Erica Downs
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is greeted by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during the D-8 summit in Cairo, Egypt, on 19 December 2024. AFP
Politics

Egypt fears an unrestrained Israel if Iran collapses

06 March 2026

Cairo and Tehran have been at loggerheads since 1979, but the Iranian threat has always acted as a check on Israeli ambitions. If Iran is completely defeated, Israel will reign supreme.

Amr Emam

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