Rupert Cornwell
Known for his commentary on international relations and US politics, Rupert Cornwell also contributes obituaries and occasionally even a column for the sports pages.
With The Independent since its launch in 1986, he was the paper's first Moscow correspondent - covering the collapse of the Soviet Union – during which time he won two British Press Awards. Previously a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times and Reuters, he has also been a diplomatic correspondent, leader writer and columnist, and has served as Washington bureau editor. In 1983 he published God's Banker, about Roberto Calvi, the Italian banker found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge.
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Sunday, 13 February 2011
Rupert Cornwell: Historic find has links to a grisly saga that inspired 'Moby-Dick'.
Rupert Cornwell: US has been a powerless spectator in this uprising
Friday, 11 February 2011
If the convulsions in Egypt have exposed anything, it is the myth that Washington can make events in the Middle East dance to its tune.
Egyptian drama that has proved beyond America's control
Friday, 11 February 2011
Rupert Cornwell: A clearly disappointed Obama administration was silent last night after President Hosni Mubarak confounded every expectation by refusing to step down.
An 18th-century battle for modern health care
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Rupert Cornwell: Obama's reforms stir ancient fears over the demarcation of power between government and the individual.
Why the cult of Reagan still rules in Washington
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Rupert Cornwell: In his centenary year, the late President is more influential than ever – even among Democrats.
Rupert Cornwell: Long, hard road to a black history museum
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Out of America: Washington has museums aplenty commemorating almost every aspect of US life, but not one devoted to African Americans
Rupert Cornwell: The US may soon be regretting its Middle East 'freedom agenda'
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Analysis
Rupert Cornwell: More chastened Clinton than sunny Reagan, but a second term beckons
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Barack Obama's State of the Union address, with its plea for bipartisanship and sober analysis of the problems facing the country, staked out the terrain for his 2012 bid for re-election bid, which – right now at least – he looks odds-on to secure.
Twitter dialect says you are what you tweet
Sunday, 23 January 2011
Rupert Cornwell: Got 'sumthin' or 'suttin' to get off your chest? Go ahead. But from your 140 characters, experts will work out where you come from.
A pitch-perfect response restores Obama's stature
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Rupert Cornwell: The aftermath of Tucson showed the President at his best – while his rival appeared combative and petty.
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Nine months in, Cameron is between a rock and a hard place.
• Editor-At-Large: Lansley is to health what Clarkson is to road safety
Perhaps PM can rein in his cocky Health Secretary.
• Joan Smith: When is a house not a home? When it's a council house
We know how strongly the Conservative Party feels about where people live.
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