Born in1965, Stefan Kornelius has been international section head at Süddeutsche Zeitungsince 2000. After studies in poltical science, history and public law in Bonn and London, he enrolled at Henri-Nannen, Germany's most famous school of journalism. Initially a freelancer at Stern, the BBC and Süddeutsche Zeitung, he became SZ's correspondent in Bonn, Washington and then in Berlin. He lives near Munich.