It's Lonely at the Top (Cover Story)
How the election became a referendum on an isolated President—and how it is likely to reshape American politics


Breaking Up Is Easy To Do
In China, the hot new trend is "flash divorce," as women cut loose their cheating husbands

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

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