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
- Trump, Iran, and the logic of a new nuclear deal
- Can a divided US celebrate its 250th together?
- Will Lindsey Graham face a runoff because of his Iran war support?
- 鈥楯ump for the USA! Ol茅!鈥� American superfans welcome the World Cup.
- As Southern states rush to redraw maps, some hit the brakes instead
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