In this issue
Edition: Asia
Vol. 175, No. 2



COVER
The Lessons of Flight 253 (United States)

By MICHAEL DUFFY AND MARK THOMPSON
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

By CATHERINE MAYER / BERLIN
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

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



LETTERS
Inbox


GLOBAL BUSINESS
Outsourcers Go Global (Trade)

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



ARTS
Beyond the Bullets (Books)

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



GLOBAL ADVISER
A Perfect Day in ... Edinburgh
Visiting Scotland’s capital? Let the locals tell you how to do it right

Recovering from Holiday Season Indulgence? (Amuse-Bouche)

By LISA THOMAS
Chinese herbalists may have just the tonic

Terror on The Seas (Curtain Raiser)

By LIAM FITZPATRICK
Extreme 40 sailing is not for the fainthearted

Powder Rooms (Check In)

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