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, 12 June 2011
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Sunday, 29 May 2011
Rupert Cornwell: US workers get far less time off than their European counterparts. But they don't seem at all bothered about it.
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Sunday, 22 May 2011
Rupert Cornwell: Six months ago, the Republicans triumphed in the midterms, but few have come forward for 2012.
The mother who blazed a trail for Obama's career
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Rupert Cornwell: Stanley Ann Dunham was, as the title of a new biography attests, a very singular woman.
Violent, extreme and contrary (the weather, that is)
Sunday, 8 May 2011
Ruperty Cornwell: The larger-than-life meteorology of the US – its twisters, floods, and droughts – mirrors the nation.
However grisly, the public will demand the pictures
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Rupert Cornwell: Barack Obama tried to end the debate that followed the greatest national security feat of his presidency.
America must end its 9/11 mindset
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Rupert Cornwell: Posters of turbaned bad guys turned into metaphors for Muslims, from Cairo, to the person next to you on a plane.
A law born in the USA a very long time ago
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Rupert Cornwell: The 'birther' row shows how out of date the constitution has become.
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