COVER

WORLD

Iran's Quiet Coup

How the élite Revolutionary Guards got their hands on the main levers of the state and its economy, and what that means for the U.S.

COMMENTARY

Freedom's Loss

People everywhere are prepared to give up personal liberties for security and riches

ESSAY

GLOBAL ADVISER

Reach for the Stars (Curtain Raiser)

Malawi is home to the one of the festival circuit's best-kept secrets

Back to the Wall (TIME Traveler)

Germany prepares to commemorate a landmark anniversary

TV Chef On Show (Amuse-Bouche)

Though he is an Asian Food Channel fixture, San Francisco-born Bruce Lim is remarkably down-to-earth

Up to Standard (Check In)

Andre Balazs has brought his gifted brand of innkeeping to Lower Manhattan's Meatpacking District

LETTERS

Tough Talk (Inbox)

Scotland in the Spotlight; Dearly Departed; A New Direction in Japan