Iza Ding

Iza Ding is an associate professor of political science at Northwestern University and the author of “The Performative State: Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance in China” (2022). She writes about philosophy, culture and politics at izading.substack.com.

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September 3. 2026

The Darkness That Drives Djokovic

A new documentary portrays the most successful tennis champion in history as fueled by his detractors and profoundly shaped by his childhood experience of war.

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