COVER

The Lessons of Flight 253 (United States)

Missed signs, cumbersome lists and spotty screening permitted a terrorist to take a makeshift bomb on a Christmas flight to Detroit. What the U.S. should learn from a near calamity

WORLD

Angela Merkel's Moment

A trailblazer and the unchallenged leader of Europe's largest economy, Germany's Chancellor now faces an uncomfortable question, How should her country use its power?

ASIA

Postcard from Banda Aceh

Five years after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, a reporter returns to the disaster's ground zero. A town rebuilt, but scars remain

LETTERS

GLOBAL BUSINESS

India's Outsourcing Giants Go Global (Trade)

After cashing in on globalization's first wave, India's IT giants are discovering their continued success may depend on international expansion

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Beyond the Bullets (Books)

The modern art of conflict-ridden Pakistan finally gets some much needed exposure

GLOBAL ADVISER

Powder Rooms (Check In)

The Viceroy Snowmass Hotel near Aspen, Colorado, is not your typical backcountry outpost