COVER

It's Lonely at the Top (Cover Story)

How the election became a referendum on an isolated Presidentand how it is likely to reshape American politics

ASIA

Not the Retiring Type

Malaysia's former leader, Mahathir Mohamad, is taking on his successor in a rancorous fight over the future of the nation

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Second Homecoming (The Arts)

The raucous tale of a sprawling Fijian family leads the new Pacific wave rocking New Zealand movies

Man Stripped Bare (The Arts)

By turns raw, reflective and graceful, an Australian playwright's memoir fuses personal candor and muscular political critique