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
- Marjorie Taylor Greene’s split with Trump is the talk of her Georgia district
- After 43 days, the government reopens. How quickly will the damage be undone?
- Cover Story Make Oil Great Again? Even California drills as global climate action stalls.
- An uproar over antisemitism roils Heritage Foundation – and the GOP
- End the shutdown? That’ll point Congress back to Obamacare’s rising costs.
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