What a Surge Really Means (Cover Story)
Can a couple more divisions in Iraq make a difference? Or is Bush's idea too little, too late?


A Troublesome Year in Thailand
Bombings in Bangkok cap an unhappy year for the Land of Smiles, which has been roiled by a coup, economic-policy miscues and an ongoing Muslim insurgency


Asia's Net: Hanging by a Thread
An earthquake off Taiwan crashes Asia's telecommunications system, exposing the surprising vulnerability of the Internet

10 Questions For Ken Watanabe
Actor Ken Watanabe talks about his role in Clint Eastwood's new World War II film Letters from Iwo Jima

Q & A: Xanana Gusmão
TIME talks to East Timor's President