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
- How Trump has battled universities over antisemitism and DEI
- The Trump economy: No recession, but no boom either
- Protest, lawbreaking, or terrorism? ICE opponents face 鈥榚xtremist鈥� label.
- ICE policy limits use of lethal force. Minnesota shooting tests those constraints.
- In war powers vote on Venezuela, Senate offers rare rebuke of Trump
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