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US Army General Erik Kurilla currently heads US Central Command (CENTCOM) and played a key role planning the bombing of Iran last month. Eduardo Ramon
Profiles

Gen. Erik Kurilla: Trump's hardened fighter and strategic thinker

Con Coughlin 13, Jul 2025
Elon Musk (R) has laid down the gauntlet to US President Donald Trump (L) with a new political party formed in response to their disagreement over Trump's tax and spending plans, which will add $3tn to the national debt. Dave Murray
Politics

Elon Musk’s new political party: grand plans and a tall task

Christopher Phillips 11, Jul 2025
US President Donald Trump in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, during his first term, London, December 3, 2019. AFP

The US-Canada tariff war is a double-edged sword

A 30-day tariff suspension, perhaps initiated because the US economy is not immune to losses, leaves analysts asking about Trump's real motives and where this all ends.

Abdulfattah Khattab 18, Feb 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, during the NATO summit, Watford, December 4, 2019. AFP

Trump’s trade wars tread a fine line with allies’ patience

Tariffs and reciprocal action are due to cost jobs, disrupt supply chains, and slow global economic growth to below the target for 2025-26. Enter the turbulent world of Donald Trump.

Mohamed Sharki 17, Feb 2025
Steel factory workers demonstrate against the reduction in the budget allocated to the 
 steel sector, in Brussels, February 5, 2025. AFP

Trump's tariffs could disrupt the ecosystem of global trade

Trump's tariffs are a bold move based on an economic vision claiming to protect domestic industries. However, they come at a high cost to international trade relations.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 14, Feb 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Putin told Trump in a phone call on February 12, 2025, that "peaceful negotiations" on ending the Ukraine conflict were possible. Brendan Smialowski / AFP

Trump starts “immediate” talks with Putin on Ukraine

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says it is "unrealistic" for Ukraine to return to its pre-war borders, and Ukraine would not be admitted to NATO

The Economist 13, Feb 2025
This picture shows a view of a road sign directing towards the city of Dimona, close to the nuclear power plant in the southern Israeli Negev desert. AFP / Ahmad GHARAB

How Israel deceived the US and built the bomb

Newly declassified documents reveal how Israel operated under the noses of US inspectors

Avner Cohen and William Burr 09, Feb 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a meeting with business leaders in central London on January 28, 2025. BENJAMIN CREMEL / POOL / AFP

Between Trump and the EU, Britain feels increasingly isolated

With its bonds with the EU severely weakened and a long way from repair, Britain will find it much harder to take any kind of stand against Trump for fear of being isolated

Christopher Phillips 06, Feb 2025
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Mike Waltz: The US war veteran-turned-NSA chief

Trump's new National Security Chief has already gone after officials who took part in Biden's blunderous exit from Afghanistan—a war he served in and learned a lot from

Kamal Alam 02, Feb 2025
Sara Padovan

Trumpism could shake up the world

The US president won't go back to politics as usual. Through his Trumpist ideology, he could spearhead a sociopolitical revolution—both at home and abroad.

Aleksandr Dugin 02, Feb 2025
TotalEnergies chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanne (2ndR) asks a question to US President Donald Trump (on screen) during his address by video conference at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 23, 2025. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP

After Davos: Trumponomics set to disrupt globalist agenda

With protectionists back in the White House, globalists attending the World Economic Forum were left 'playing second fiddle'. Al Majalla reviews some of the key highlights from the summit.

Maher Chmaytelli 28, Jan 2025
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Chinese AI is catching up, posing a dilemma for Donald Trump

The success of cheap Chinese models threatens America's technological lead

The Economist 27, Jan 2025
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Iran’s waning influence

27 June 2025

Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

Al Majalla - London
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games

02 July 2025

Israel's commandeering of aid distribution in Gaza forces starving Palestinians to run the gauntlet at centres with biometric monitoring systems, armed security, and life-or-death hazards

Hala Al-Naji
People gather to celebrate after Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun as the new president, on January 9, 2025, in Al-Aaishiyah, Lebanon. Ramiz Dallah/Getty
Politics

Lebanon’s second chance at statehood

02 July 2025

The crippling of Hezbollah's dominance and the Assad regime's fall in Syria have created a narrow but historic opening for the Lebanese people

Paul Salem
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Oman is quietly redefining its development model

29 June 2025

It is no longer the Gulf's quiet outlier but a country quietly setting a new standard for sustainable economic development in the region

Neil Quilliam
Lina Jaradat
Politics

How the Middle East can capitalise on Iran’s regional setback

02 July 2025

The US security umbrella will focus on Iran's direct threats, but regional states should deal with Tehran's residual proxy groups in the region

James Jeffrey

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