Simon Montlake is a senior writer at the Monitor in Boston. He's a former Monitor correspondent in Jakarta, Bangkok, and Beijing, where he covered political upheavals, civil wars, economic crises, natural disasters, and the Beijing Olympics.
In addition to the Monitor, he has worked for The Economist and Forbes. Born in London, he was educated at the University of Manchester, and remembers when Manchester City FC were the underdogs. His other foreign postings include Guadalajara, Mexico, and Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
Stories by Simon Montlake
- As more troops enter Los Angeles, dueling narratives over how to keep the peace
- Mr. Musk went to Washington – and found it’s a hard place to change
- What’s behind Trump’s assault on Harvard and crown-jewel US universities?
- Trump promised to bring jobs to the Rust Belt. The Sun Belt may get them instead.
- Bangladeshis drove a people-power movement. Not all people won.
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