COVER

Hillary Clinton & the Rise of Smart Power (United States)

Hillary Clinton is an expert at deriving maximum benefit from limited power — which means Obama's top diplomat is using a whole new set of tools

WORLD

Breaking free (India)

How one man turned Bihar, once India's poorest and most lawless state, into a model of reform for the entire country

ENVIRONMENT

How to Buy a Tiger

A tragedy in the U.S. focuses attention on the weird world of exotic-pet ownership

ESSAY

BUSINESS

THE CULTURE

Raising the Barre

After a $700 million revamp, Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre is relaunched — but into a very different world

GLOBAL ADVISER

LETTERS