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The Riots This Time

Rafia Zakaria

June 05, 2020

In the so-called land of the free and the home of the brave, the president calls for “domination.”

Scold Habits Die Hard

Rafia Zakaria

May 29, 2020

On Lionel Shriver’s stale contrarian schtick.

Walls, Moats, and Borders

Rafia Zakaria

May 22, 2020

Trump's war on immigration is typically backward-looking.

Louis, Louis

Rafia Zakaria

May 15, 2020

Louis Vuitton’s clumsy attempt to make good.

The Pulitzer Problem

Rafia Zakaria

May 08, 2020

Another case of journalism's elites celebrating journalism's elites.

In the Land of Me

Rafia Zakaria

March 19, 2020

A story of feminism and ambition—but mostly ambition.

Empathy for the Devil

Rafia Zakaria

February 21, 2020

A terrorism scholar and a war criminal seek a meeting of the minds.

London Falling

Rafia Zakaria

December 20, 2019

In London after the election, you could read the dying empire state of mind.

All the Diplomat’s Women

Rafia Zakaria

October 22, 2019

Richard Holbrooke's affairs, foreign and domestic.

The Terrorist Next Door

Rafia Zakaria

August 15, 2019

U.S. law favors those who support domestic terrorism.

Britain’s New Battles

Rafia Zakaria

April 11, 2019

Among outlanders and outliers in Scotland, a view of Great Britain's distress

Becoming Unbecoming

Rafia Zakaria

January 30, 2019

How the role of First Lady diminishes strong and ambitious women.