Martin Adolfsson
Spiegel eye
Monocle speaks with Klaus Brinkbäumer, a US correspondent for German weekly Der Spiegel, about covering the US presidential elections and his interviews with McCain, Clinton, and the Obamas.
Divided we stand
Its role in Darfur is seen as a failure and it has almost no role in the Middle East. Now, as UN officials turn on Ban Ki-moon, its conflicts are closer to home.
Bridging the gulf
Qatar’s Al-Jazeera Arabic news network has a rocky relationship with the US. Abderrahim Foukara, the station’s Washington bureau chief and managing editor, is the face of Al-Jazeera Arabic in the US.
Woman of the world
In our series on foreign coverage of the US presidential elections, we meet Corine Lesnes of ‘Le Monde’. France’s relations with the US have improved with the arrival of President Sarkozy.
Party animal
The second in our series on foreign coverage of the US election is Li Xuejiang, Washington bureau chief for China’s ‘People’s Daily’, the state-controlled newspaper with a circulation of three million.
Pawn in the USA?
For our series on the US election through the eyes of foreign correspondents, we meet Roselena Ramírez. She heads the Washington DC bureau of TeleSUR, the Venezuelan-controlled TV station founded by Hugo Chávez.
Outside influence
US voters are often seen as oblivious to the world. Yet war, immigration and a globalised economy mean foreign affairs will play a bigger part in the 2008 election than ever before.
Art beat
Veteran New York artist Jon Kessler on his mechanical marvels at MoMA and lectures at Columbia University. He also plays in a band and has dressed windows for Hermès in Tokyo.
World spokesmen
Across the Nippon-Nordic alliance, a clutch of companies are producing the world's highest quality two-wheelers. Monocle profiles five of the finest bike-makers, from Sweden to Japan.
