COVER
Imran Khan's Game Plan (World)
Pakistan's greatest sporting hero believes he will be the next prime minister. Would he lead his country to redemption or ruin?
WORLD
History's Child (South Korea)
If she wins South Korea's presidential election on Dec. 19, Park Geun-hye will become her nation's first female leader. But to guide her country into the future, she must overcome the past
A Wave of Patriotism (Japan)
As Japan goes to the polls to elect a new government, the country's mood is the most nationalistic in decades. Expect tensions in the rest of East Asia to rise
Confessions Of A Sniper
A rebel gunman in Syria talks about his disillusionment with the cause and one soul-shattering decision
UNITED STATES
Cliff Hanger
What Paul Ryan's vote on a fiscal-cliff deal will tell us about his political future and the direction of the Republican Party
COMMENTARY
Obamacare vs. Medicare (In the Arena)
Meshing the two plans could lead to better care and savings for taxpayers
THE CULTURE
Seeing Green (Travel)
Tokyo makes its case for environmental urban living
ESSAY
Driving Miss Barbra (The Awesome Column)
Seth Rogen road-trips with Streisand in a movie. I pull it off for real
10 QUESTIONS
10 Questions for Louise Erdich
Half-Chippewa novelist Louise Erdrich on her crime thriller, Geronimo's name and the good ideas of Richard Nixon
LETTERS
Scandal at the BBC (Inbox)
Dangerous Liaisons; Disputed Protests; Himmler's Family; Big Brother in Moscow; The Way Joel Sees It