Andrew Stephen

Andrew Stephen

Andrew Stephen was appointed US Editor of the New Statesman in 2001, having been its Washington correspondent and weekly columnist since 1998. He is a regular contributor to BBC news programs and to The Sunday Times Magazine. He has also written for a variety of US newspapers including The New York Times Op-Ed pages. He came to the US in 1989 to be Washington Bureau Chief of The Observer and in 1992 was made Foreign Correspondent of the Year by the American Overseas Press Club for his coverage.

Articles by Andrew Stephen

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America - Andrew Stephen finds the Democrats have a chance

  • 06 October 2003

Only weeks ago, Bush looked unassailable; now General Wesley Clark has emerged as a potential Democrat candidate who can depict the administration as a tawdry failure

America - Andrew Stephen sees muddle in the white House

  • 29 September 2003

The president and his deputy contradict each other in public, and the secretary of state despairs of the Iraq invasion. They seem unable to convince each other, let alone the world

America - Andrew Stephen finds Mel Gibson in trouble

  • 22 September 2003

Mel Gibson's film about the Crucifixion has already created bitter divisions and led to allegations of anti-Semitism before it even opens

America - Andrew Stephen on Bush's U-turn

  • 15 September 2003

With support for Bush slipping because of the Iraq mess, electoral considerations now dictate foreign policy. But how to pass the buck to the UN without being seen as a quitter?

America - Andrew Stephen hears carbon dioxide emissions are harmless

  • 08 September 2003

America produces 23 per cent of the world's carbon dioxide, and the glaciers in a Montana national park are melting. But has this anything to do with global warming? Certainly not!

America - Andrew Stephen weighs Arnie's electoral chances

  • 01 September 2003

Can Arnold Schwarzenegger really become the next governor of California? Don't write him off: remember how you once guffawed at Ronald Reagan's entry into politics

America - Andrew Stephen weighs up America's fat

  • 25 August 2003

More junk food, ever-larger portions and more hours spent in front of the television have made the United States the fattest nation in the world. Is it too late to reverse the trend?

America - Andrew Stephen offers advice on hand luggage

  • 18 August 2003

Since 11 September 2001, we've all got used to tight airport security, but now every single piece of luggage passing through America's 429 airports must be searched individually

America - Andrew Stephen investigates a Mini miracle

  • 11 August 2003
  • 1 comment

After 35 years, the Mini has been reintroduced to the US and is suddenly the coolest car in Washington. Is this the post-Iraq, pro-British effect? Or is it just Hollywood?

America - Andrew Stephen anticipates the undoing of Bush

  • 04 August 2003

Bush insisted on taking the credit for his "axis of evil" soundbite. But he's less keen on taking responsibility for the Niger uranium claim in a later speech. It could be his undoing

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President Cheney?

Get ready for President Cheney

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Tory foes

If Dave doesn’t win, it’s open season

James Macintyre

Lib Dem dilemma

The Lib Dem dilemma

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Sons of Cuba

Sons of Cuba (PG)

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Fat Man in a White Hat

Fat Man in a White Hat

John Gray

Anarchism's failure

The World That Never Was: a True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists and Secret Agents

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