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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Politics
The puppet master
- 27 January 2003
The US thought it could swat Saddam like a fly. But the Iraqi dictator has manoeuvred so cleverly that supposed international allies are at each other's throats and, even inside the US, there are growing doubts. Andrew Stephen reports from Washington
North America
America - Andrew Stephen identifies a Democratic hope
- 13 January 2003
Right now, George Bush dwarfs all potential Democratic opponents for 2004. But note one name: Senator John Edwards. He could prove a winner
North America
America - Andrew Stephen thinks Americans are too hysterical
- 06 January 2003
A bus driver went off his route to avoid traffic and joked that he was taking the passengers to the Taliban. Then 19 police cars appeared. Do Americans have a gene for hysteria? Asks Andrew Stephen
Society
NS Profile - Colin Powell
- 16 December 2002
Our Man of the Year was once a marginal figure in the Bush administration; now, he alone stands in the way of a unilateral war. Colin Powell profiled
North America
America - Andrew Stephen on magic solutions for US schools
- 09 December 2002
Charter schools and vouchers were supposed to be the magic bullets to improve education. But nobody has yet found any evidence that either idea is working
North America
America - Andrew Stephen on a monstrous new bureaucracy
- 02 December 2002
The new Department of Homeland Security will become a monstrous bureaucracy; it's the biggest change in US government since 1947. Yet it will not include the FBI and the CIA
North America
America - Andrew Stephen on America's top women
- 25 November 2002
Nancy Pelosi, who has reached the highest office ever achieved by a woman in US politics, is considered an "ultra-leftist" - which shows how right-wing the country has become
North America
America - Andrew Stephen says Resolution 1441 suits Bush fine
- 18 November 2002
As 250,000 ground troops get ready to invade Iraq, the assumption is that Saddam Hussein will be toppled quickly from within, making messy fighting unnecessary
North America
America - Andrew Stephen analyses the American elections
- 11 November 2002
The Democrats gave the Republicans a free ride in the mid-term elections: their leaders were so inept that they could be accused of electoral malpractice
North America
America - Andrew Stephen reveals Britain's rewards in Iraq
- 04 November 2002
The US is making it clear that there will be rewards and punishments after a second Gulf war. Britain will replace France as the chief European dealer in Iraqi oil and equipment
