COVER
The Survivor (United States)
A trusted aide to six Presidents, Robert Gates is the most powerful Defense Secretary in a generation. But what is the Republican at the head of Obama's war room fighting for?
ASIA
Postcard from New Delhi
Thanks to rising disposable incomes, designer hairstyling is finally making the cut with India's middle class. Take a chair in the coiffured world of Jawed Habib
ESSAY
Shifting Ground
Beijing's spats with Washington are not to be ignored, yet neither are they game-changing
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Loose Canon (Music)
Chochukmo's debut doesn't get the production the band sorely deserves