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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Rupert Cornwell: If a dispute is not settled, entire seasons can be lost
Friday, 22 April 2011
Major League Baseball's takeover of the Los Angeles Dodgers is but further proof of the tight, centralised control exerted by the American sports leagues – operating, in some respects almost literally, as laws unto themselves.
'We live in Washington DC – but it might as well be Eritrea'
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Rupert Cornwell: For the foreseeable future, the humiliations will continue.
Obama must plan for life without his loyal Republican
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Rupert Cornwell: Bob Gates has served presidents from both parties, but the respected warhorse's retirement is imminent
Question the Kennedy legend at your peril
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Rupert Cornwell: The row over a TV biopic shows that the US unofficial 'royal family' can still pack a punch.
Rupert Cornwell: Cold War rules still apply in tricky game of switching sides
Friday, 1 April 2011
Their most recent heyday was the Cold War. But defectors have been around as long as states have been fighting each other. Think, for example, Benedict Arnold or Rudolf Hess. Now this eclectic company has been joined by Moussa Koussa, until lately foreign minister of Libya, and now a guest at a "secret undisclosed location" of Her Majesty's Government.
Rupert Cornwell: Americans are confused about this – none more so than their President
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Arm the rebels? Foment a palace coup or a tribal revolt to overthrow Gaddafi? Step up the bombing? Or settle for a stalemate that seals a de facto partition of the country? For the Nato-led coalition seeking to remove the Libyan leader from power, there are no easy answers – and certainly none that guarantee success.
Unlike our boat race, US college sport is big business
Sunday, 27 March 2011
Rupert Cornwell: University games are meant to be strictly amateur – but there are millions of dollars at stake.
Is this the biggest art heist in history?
Sunday, 20 March 2011
Rupert Cornwell: The fate of a $25bn hoard of modern masterpieces paints an ugly picture of Philadelphia's art elite.
Rupert Cornwell: Caution is Obama's only option. But it's working
Saturday, 19 March 2011
The United States appears to have been taking a back seat in coping with the Libyan crisis, leaving its European allies and the Arab world to make the running. And that is exactly how Washington wants it.
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