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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International Politics
Rocky road to the White House
- 08 November 2007
- 8 comments
Conventional wisdom says next year's presidential race should be Clinton v Giuliani. But this time all bets are off
North America
The Deep South, the white tree, the noose
- 25 October 2007
- 9 comments
Shocking events in small-town Louisiana are confronting white Americans with a poisonous racism they usually ignore.
Politics
Sick: The great American con trick
- 04 October 2007
- 18 comments
Opinion polls in the US show that many believe health care, not the Iraq War, is the nation's biggest problem. The middle classes now realise they have been duped.
Books
Saying the unsayable
- 13 September 2007
- 139 comments
The links between the Israel lobby and US foreign policy are a Washington taboo. But a controversial new study is opening up a long-stifled debate
Politics
The fall of Condi
- 06 September 2007
- 19 comments
The US secretary of state was feted as "brilliant" and "gifted", but her tenure is now acknowledged as a disastrous failure.
Politics
Bush: is the president imploding?
- 23 August 2007
- 58 comments
His aides are jumping ship, his inner circle is torn apart by feuds and his orders are being ignored. Bush has 17 months left in the White House but he is now a rudderless leader says Andrew Stephen, while Anthony Lane reports from New Orleans on the city failed by the president.
Politics
Born equal?
- 09 August 2007
- 27 comments
Andrew Stephen on how the US is no longer a land where people of humble origin become film stars and presidents. Plus Marika Mathieu on UK wealth inequality
World Affairs
The man on the white horse
- 19 July 2007
- 5 comments
Could Fred Thompson be the answer to Republican prayers? The party of George W Bush may yet opt for an obscure 64-year-old ex-senator who has no known achievements.
Politics
My fellow American Muslims . . .
- 05 July 2007
Muslims living in the US enjoy a better life than those in Britain, says new research. Can Bush teach Brown a lesson?
International Politics
Who is the real Hillary?
- 14 June 2007
- 13 comments
If you want to understand the woman who would be president, don't bother to read the latest avalanche of recycled biographies - just ask her interns.
