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    416 : Donald Trump’s Visit to the Middle East: Pilgrimage for Peace or Invitation to Instability?

    Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury

    5 June 2017

    United States (US) President Donald Trump has just concluded his first trip overseas. He visited the region from which the three major Abrahamic faiths emanated: Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Thereafter, he travelled to Brussels and Sicily for the summits of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Group of Seven industrialised countries. This paper focuses on the first leg of this tour. It was a learning process that may moderate his current style in terms of smoothening its sharp edges.